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Bharath Biotech to supply 2 lakh doses of typhoid vaccine to Pakistan

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Indian vaccine manufacturer Bharath Biotech will ship two lakh doses of its typhoid vaccine to Pakistan, which is grappling with the outbreak of severe drug-resistant version of the disease.

Hyderabad-based company will be shipping the doses of Typbar TCV vaccine to the neighbouring country on Monday.

Dr Krishna Ella, Chairman and Managing Director, Bharat Biotech on Friday said they received a request from Aga Khan University of Karachi to immediately despatch the vaccine to tackle the severe outbreak of drug resistant typhoid fever.
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He said the company already donated to Pakistan 100,000 doses of Typbar TCV, which is the world’s first Conjugate Typhoid Vaccine (TCV) clinically proven to be administered to children from 6 months of age to adults.

According to Pakistan media reports, Extensively Drug Resistant (XDR) typhoid has claimed over a dozen lives in Sindh province. It is spreading fast in the province, especially in Karachi.

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Authorities in Sindh plan to include Typbar TCV in Extended Programme on Immunisation (EPI) after receiving the full consignment of the vaccine from Bharat Biotech later this year.

Typbar TCV is the only vaccine prequalified by the World Health Organisation (WHO) to prevent XDR typhoid, a multi-drug resistant strain of typhoid fever that is resistant to 3rd generation Cephalosporin antibiotics.

Bharath Biotech exports its 16 vaccines to 140 countries. It despatched 3.8 billion doses during last 20 years.

Krishna Ella said the company so far received $136 million grant for clinical research from global health agencies including Bill and Melinda Gates and Welcome Trust.

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Covid toll in Karnataka is a worrying sign for state government

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Even though Karnataka recorded the lowest number of Covid deaths in April since the virus struck first in 2020, the state is recording a rise in the positivity rate (1.50 per cent). Five people died from the Covid infections in April as per the statistics released by the state health department. In March, the positivity rate stood around 0.53 per cent. In the first week of April it came down to 0.38 per cent, second week registered 0.56 per cent, third week it rose to 0.79 per cent and by end of April the Covid positivity rate touched 1.19 per cent.

on an average 500 persons used to succumb everyday in the peak of Covid infection, as per the data. Health experts said that the mutated Coronavirus is losing its fierce characteristics as vaccination, better treatment facilities and awareness among the people have contributed to the lesser number of Covid deaths.

During the 4th and 6th of April two deaths were reported in Bengaluru, one in Gadag district on April 8, two deaths were reported from Belagavi and Vijayapura on April 30. The first Covid case was reported in the state in March 2020 and three Covid deaths were recorded in the month. In the following month 21 people became victims to the deadly virus, and May 2020 recorded 22 deaths. The death toll recorded everyday after May crossed three digits. However, the third wave, which started in January 2

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