WHO, Unicef and Pakistani experts declare new typhoid vaccine ‘very safe’

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  • About a dozen children had reportedly fainted in a private school after receiving TCV vaccination and were taken to a nearby private health facility and sent home after given first aid. However, panic gripped parents after this minor incident was highlighted by a section of the electronic and print media as a major health fiasco
  • The World Health Organization (WHO), UNICEF and Pakistani child specialists and doctors said the newly-introduced vaccine was fully safe and would prevent children from nine months to 15 years of age from typhoid