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Sindh still waiting for federal govt to arrange XDR typhoid vaccine: health minister
Sindh still waiting for federal govt to arrange XDR typhoid vaccine: health minister KARACHI: The Health Department in Sindh has admitted the provincial government has no action plan to prevent the spread of the extensively drug-resistant (XDR) strain of typhoid fever in the province. According to Minister of Sindh for Health Dr Azra Fazal Pechuho, the Health Department is still waiting for the federal government to arrange vaccines for XDR typhoid, as the province battles the outbreak caused by a superbug that is resistant to most known antibiotics. The XDR typhoid outbreak, since it was reported from Hyderabad in November 2016, has spread to Karachi and other cities and town in Sindh, and has claimed four lives, Dr Azra Pechuho said. She admitted that the provincial government has no strategy in place to counter the disease, and is at the mercy of the federal government to acquire the vaccine for the treatment of the strain. #GeoNews #GeoBreakingNews #GeoSpecialReports

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