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KARACHI: Amid persistent failure of the provincial government to plug gaps in the water distribution system and ensure provision of proper chlorinated water to consumers, another man died of Naegleria fowleri, commonly called brain-eating am­o­e­ba, in district Central, raising the death toll from the deadly infection to 11 this year. The latest victim was a 45-year-old man, who was reported …

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