Typhoid strikes medical chief at Games

THE chief medical officer for the beleaguered Delhi Commonwealth Games has fallen sick with suspected typhoid just before the event kicks off tomorrow, an official said.

In the run-up to the troubled showpiece, health fears have mostly centred on a serious outbreak in the capital of dengue fever, a potentially fatal mosquito-borne disease.

Typhoid, a food and water-borne illness, is also an ever-present danger in India and athletes have been warned to be very careful about their food and water intake.