SUKKUR Measles claimed the lives of five more children in different villages of Sindh on Wednesday.

According to sources, four-year-old boy Junaid died of measles in Banho Khushak village near Mirpur Mathelo and two-year-old girl Shani Shar in Hayat Mohammad Shar village near Daharki in Ghotki district.

In Sukkur district, nine-month-old boy Abdul Rehman Chachar died in Masan Muhalla of Pano Akil city and three-year-old boy Janib Ali Korai in Nawab Korai village near Pano Akil.

Two-month-old boy Sher Mohammad lost his life to the disease in Abu Bakar Kunrani village near Thull in Jacobabad district.

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