Pakistan becomes first country to launch new typhoid vaccine

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Pakistan is grappling with an ongoing outbreak of a drug-resistant strain of the potentially fatal disease.

Pakistan has become the first country in the world to introduce a new typhoid vaccine, officials said Friday, as the country grapples with an ongoing outbreak of a drug-resistant strain of the potentially fatal disease.

The new vaccines have been provided by Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, to the Pakistani government free of cost.

 

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