Hyderabad facing world´s first outbreak of drug-resistant typhoid: AKU
(WorldNews Pakistan)

Dozens of children have died in Hyderabad as a result of what has been termed the `world´s first outbreak of drug-resistant typhoid`. The Aga Khan University (AKU) has blamed contaminated water for the lethal disease, but the Sindh Health Department has ruled it out. Two regions of Hyderabad are in the grip of a drug-resistant strain of typhoid caused by `poor sanitation and contaminated drinking water`, said the AKU in a statement on Tuesday and announced the launch of an emergency vaccination drive to protect children from the lethal disease. Although no confirmed number of deaths due to the drug-resistant typhoid was provided to the media, the health department and local...