—File photo Sindh Health Department’s typhoid vaccination campaign has started, this campaign will continue till May 25 in 7 districts of Karachi and 1 district of Hyderabad. According to Project Director EPI Sindh Dr. Naeem, typhoid vaccine is for children aged 9 months to 15 years. He said that through van services, typhoid vaccine injections…
File photo After Karachi, a large number of XDR typhoid cases were also reported in Islamabad. According to Head of Infectious Diseases PIMS Professor Naseem Akhtar, 60% of typhoid patients coming to PIMS Hospital are of XDR Typhoid who are coming to PIMS Islamabad from Punjab, KP and Kashmir. He says that the people suffering…
—File photo The spokesperson of Sindh Health Department says that cases of drug resistance typhoid have been confirmed in different areas of Karachi. The spokesperson of the Sindh Health Department has instructed the Director Health to take immediate steps to confirm the cases. They have reported that in drug-resistant typhoid, common anti-typhoid drugs are not…
