Pertussis affects 300, kills 2 children in Afghanistan's Zabul province

STORY: Pertussis affects 300, kills 2 children in Afghanistan's Zabul province DATELINE: Nov. 30, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:42 LOCATION: Kabul CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the patients in hospital 2. SOUNDBITE (Pashto): ABBUL HAKIM HAKIMI, Provincial public health director 3. various of hospital STORYLINE: According to Zabul's provincial public health director, a total of 300 people mostly children have been affected by pertussis, or whooping cough, in Afghanistan's southern Zabul province, and two children have died of the disease. SOUNDBITE (Pashto): ABBUL HAKIM HAKIMI, Provincial public health director "The disease which has erupted in Suri district of the province has been affecting at least 300 people, mostly children, and has claimed the lives of two children over the past week." He said an emergency team of health officials had been sent to the district to treat those infected with the disease. The public health office of the province has asked the people not to leave their places for a few