The news about the staff of Sindh Infectious Disease Hospital being affected by diphtheria was dismissed as baseless.
In this regard, the officials of the Sindh Infectious Diseases Hospital say that the news of the staff of the hospital being infected with diphtheria this year is baseless.
Officials say that all the staff of the hospital have been given booster doses, the incident of the staff member being infected with diphtheria was 2 years ago.
The decision to apply a diphtheria booster to the medical staff of Sindh Infectious Disease Hospital
On the other hand, the spokesperson of the Sindh Health Department has said that the Sindh Health Department has previously denied the reports of increasing cases of diphtheria and deaths due to it.
The spokesman says that the data related to diphtheria was also misrepresented.
It should be noted that yesterday Dow University Vice Chancellor Prof. Saeed Qureshi said that the medical staff of Sindh Infectious Diseases Hospital is being given a diphtheria booster.
He had said that some time ago a person at Sindh Infectious Diseases Hospital was infected with diphtheria, adults are also suffering from diphtheria along with children.
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