{"id":21105,"date":"2026-04-07T14:46:25","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T09:46:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/?p=21105"},"modified":"2026-04-07T14:46:25","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T09:46:25","slug":"rise-in-measles-chickenpox-and-mumps-cases-among-children-in-karachi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/?p=21105","title":{"rendered":"Rise in Measles, Chickenpox and Mumps Cases Among Children in Karachi"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col gap-4 grow\">\n<div class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal outline-none keyboard-focused:focus-ring [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-1\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"d0e93b27-119b-4dfc-9069-4b6f8d66d6c0\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-5-3\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert w-full wrap-break-word light markdown-new-styling\">\n<p data-start=\"947\" data-end=\"1100\"><strong>An increase in cases of measles, chickenpox, and mumps has been reported among children in Karachi, raising concern among parents and health authorities.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1102\" data-end=\"1287\">According to officials, 3 to 4 children with similar symptoms are being brought daily to outpatient departments of government hospitals, indicating a growing spread of these infections.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1289\" data-end=\"1447\">Hospital authorities stated that common symptoms of these diseases include fever, body aches, and skin rashes, making early diagnosis and treatment essential.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1449\" data-end=\"1579\">Medical experts noted that viral infections tend to spread more rapidly during seasonal changes, increasing the risk for children.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1581\" data-end=\"1724\">Experts have advised parents to ensure the timely vaccination of children, particularly against measles and chickenpox, to prevent these illnesses.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1726\" data-end=\"1796\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"z-0 flex min-h-[46px] justify-start\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An increase in cases of measles, chickenpox, and mumps has been reported among children in Karachi, raising concern among parents and health authorities. According to officials, 3 to 4 children with similar symptoms are being brought daily to outpatient departments of government hospitals, indicating a growing spread of these infections. Hospital authorities stated that common [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":21106,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"googlesitekit_rrm_CAowgLK2DA:productID":"","_sitemap_exclude":false,"_sitemap_priority":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"subtitle":""},"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[42,47,46],"tags":[11737,11739,11735,11736,11738,8064],"class_list":["post-21105","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health","category-important-news","category-latest","tag-chickenpox","tag-child-illness","tag-karachi-health","tag-measles","tag-mumps","tag-vaccination"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21105","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21105"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21105\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21107,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21105\/revisions\/21107"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/21106"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21105"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21105"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}