Both measles
and dengue are preventable diseases. Yet, in a single day, these two diseases claimed
16 lives.
Directorate
General of Health Services (DGHS) confirmed the matter in its regular bulletins.
In the last 24
hours, 8 people died of measles while another 8 people lost their lives to dengue.
Moreover, 1,232 people were newly infected with measles, and 1,733 people were
hospitalized after contracting dengue.
As deaths and
infections from these two preventable diseases continu...