Serbia orders 3 million swine flu shots
The Ministry of Health has ordered three million A/H1N1 flu vaccine units from the World Health Organization (WHO), it was announced in Belgrade.
Sunday, 14.06.2009.
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The Ministry of Health has ordered three million A/H1N1 flu vaccine units from the World Health Organization (WHO), it was announced in Belgrade. Blic newspaper quoted Branislav Tiodorovic, a member of a working group set up to fight the swine flue pandemic, who said that compared to seasonal flue, three times as many units have been requested. Serbia orders 3 million swine flu shots "We need to protect as many young, working people, health workers, police, military, those employed by public, state and communal companies," he said. The price tag on the three million vaccines remains unknown, as it will be set by the companies that will produce it. Tiodorovic said that an epidemic of the disease is expected in the fall. On Friday, Swiss Novartis announced that it had produced swine flue vaccine. On the same day, WHO declared a pandemic of the disease, raising its alert to phase 6 on a six-point scale. This is the first flu pandemic declared since 1968.
Serbia orders 3 million swine flu shots
"We need to protect as many young, working people, health workers, police, military, those employed by public, state and communal companies," he said.The price tag on the three million vaccines remains unknown, as it will be set by the companies that will produce it.
Tiodorović said that an epidemic of the disease is expected in the fall.
On Friday, Swiss Novartis announced that it had produced swine flue vaccine. On the same day, WHO declared a pandemic of the disease, raising its alert to phase 6 on a six-point scale.
This is the first flu pandemic declared since 1968.
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