00:00 On behalf of the Ministry of Health, a Typhoid vaccination campaign has been launched in Karachi and Hyderabad.
00:06 The Minister of Health, Dr. Azraf Azalpichu, says that the number of cases of typhoid in Karachi and Hyderabad is increasing rapidly.
00:13 See in the report of Anwar Khan.
00:15 The Minister of Health, Dr. Azraf Azalpichu, started the campaign by providing typhoid vaccine to students in Karachi.
00:21 At this time, a vaccine for the students under the education of the school was provided.
00:26 The Minister of Health, Dr. Azraf Azalpichu, said that the old vaccine and antibiotics were not working to save the students in the typhoid campaign.
00:31 The new vaccine also works to save the students from typhoid.
00:34 The old vaccine was not working, so we switched to the new vaccine, which is the vaccine of TCV.
00:42 And this vaccine of TCV also works against typhoid resistant.
00:50 The campaign will continue in Karachi and Hyderabad for 25 months.
00:56 In Karachi and Hyderabad, we are getting cases of TCV.
01:00 This is a type of antibiotic resistant.
01:04 And that's why we are going to campaign in Karachi and Hyderabad.
01:08 In those areas that are most affected by this.
01:12 According to Project Director EPI Dr. Naeem, this vaccination is for children aged 9 to 15 years.
01:19 While 89 lakh children have been designated to be vaccinated against typhoid.
01:24 Anwar Khan, ARY News, Karachi.
