Diphtheria kills 7 children in Lahore: Media report
by Robert Herriman from Outbreak News Today on (#X2ES)
Seven children have died from diphtheria in recent weeks in Lahore, Punjab province, Pakistan, according to a Dawn.com report this weekend. The reason cited was the unavailability of diphtheria antitoxin (DAT), which was backordered for at least two months. Officials with the Lahore-based Children's Hospital say an order of DAT was placed in September with a Russian ["]