Child pneumonia spikes in Pakistan’s smoggy winter


Lahore (AFP) – In a Pakistan paediatric ward, a chorus of infant coughs and straining lungs is the toll of a frigid winter, compounded by choking smog and lagging vaccination rates. The eastern megacity of Lahore is blanched every winter by smog levels rated among the worst in the world.

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