{"id":41008,"date":"2026-02-19T21:04:29","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T21:04:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=41008"},"modified":"2026-02-19T21:04:29","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T21:04:29","slug":"1695-suspected-measles-cases-reported","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=41008","title":{"rendered":"1,695 suspected measles cases reported"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>A total of 1,695 suspected measles cases have been reported in Punjab during the first four weeks of 2026, with 330 cases confirmed through laboratory testing, according to a report submitted by the Director General Health Services to the Lahore High Court (LHC).<\/p>\n<p>The report was filed in response to a petition concerning measles-related deaths in the province.<\/p>\n<p>It stated that 40 outbreak alerts have been issued across Punjab so far this year, indicating heightened surveillance and response measures by health authorities.<\/p>\n<p>Providing a comparative analysis, the DG Health Services informed the court that in 2024, Punjab recorded 23,680 suspected measles cases, of which 6,747 were laboratory confirmed.<\/p>\n<p>In 2025, the number of suspected cases declined to 19,913, with 4,000 cases verified through lab testing.<\/p>\n<p>The report also detailed measles-related fatalities, noting that 16 deaths were recorded in 2024, while four deaths were reported in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>In view of the current situation, the health department has stepped up monitoring and surveillance activities across the province.<\/p>\n<p>Officials said several high-level meetings have been convened under the chairmanship of the Chief Secretary and the Provincial Health Minister to assess the evolving situation and strengthen response strategies.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities have accelerated surveillance in districts reporting outbreaks and directed stricter monitoring at both district and hospital levels to prevent further spread of the disease.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A total of 1,695 suspected measles cases have been reported in Punjab during the first four weeks of 2026, with 330 cases confirmed through laboratory testing, according to a report submitted by the Director General Health Services to the Lahore High Court (LHC). The report was filed in response to a petition concerning measles-related deaths [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41008","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41008","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=41008"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41008\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=41008"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=41008"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=41008"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}