- Health authorities are planning to launch a mass vaccination drive against typhoid fever in Karachi after two children died due to Extensively Drug Resistant (XDR) Typhoid in Sheedi Goth area of Malir district in Karachi this week, health officials said on Tuesday, adding as many as 122 cases of typhoid fever were reported from the area since June 18.
- “Two young girls including 12-year old Shazadi and 9-year old Irum died due typhoid in the Sheedi Goth (village) of Malir District last week. Both the children had typhoid and died during treatment. The entire village is in the grip of typhoid and so far, we have taken samples of 122 people, mostly children for analysis”, said Dr. Ahmed Ali Memon, District Health Officer (DHO) Malir while talking to The News on Tuesday.
- Several areas of Sindh are in the grip of the extensively drug-resistant (XDR) typhoid including Karachi, which authorities say, is rapidly getting out of control due to poor sanitary conditions, contaminated drinking water and lack of proper treatment facilities.
- According to unofficial figures, several dozen deaths were reported from different parts of the province from the superbug that is resistant to the most known antibiotics.
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