LAHORE, June 18: Four more children died of measles while 210 new cases were reported in Punjab during the last 24 hours.

Seven-month-old Kaswa was shifted to Children’s Hospital after onset of the disease where she died on Tuesday.

Seven-month-old Haram Shehzadi, of Chak 202 Bhaiwala, 20-month-old Ahmed Sultan, of Awami Colony, and Ahmed of Gatti died in Allied Hospital, Faisalabad.

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