Related News
Australia orders 21 mln doses of H1N1 vaccine
Source: Agencies |
August 20, 2009, Thursday
|
Online Edition
Online Edition
Australia has ordered 21 million doses of swine flu vaccine, with mass vaccinations to start nationally within weeks, the government said today.
Two million doses of the vaccine being developed by pharmaceutical company CSL Ltd would be distributed to doctors from next week, with pregnant women, the chronically ill and health workers getting treatment first.
"I think it's anticipated by the middle or end of September we will be starting to vaccinate the priority groups that, of course, are the most vulnerable," Health Minister Nicola Roxon told reporters.
Australia is in the middle of the southern hemisphere winter and flu season and has 32,224 confirmed cases of H1N1, with 121 deaths associated with the pandemic. Most cases are in the most populous states of New South Wales and Victoria.
The Geneva-based United Nations agency declared H1N1 a full pandemic in June. It has now spread to nearly 180 countries.
In its latest update last week, the WHO said laboratory-confirmed deaths from the flu strain totalled at least 1,462. While the WHO says at least 177,000 people have caught the disease the real number is probably in the millions.
Two million doses of the vaccine being developed by pharmaceutical company CSL Ltd would be distributed to doctors from next week, with pregnant women, the chronically ill and health workers getting treatment first.
"I think it's anticipated by the middle or end of September we will be starting to vaccinate the priority groups that, of course, are the most vulnerable," Health Minister Nicola Roxon told reporters.
Australia is in the middle of the southern hemisphere winter and flu season and has 32,224 confirmed cases of H1N1, with 121 deaths associated with the pandemic. Most cases are in the most populous states of New South Wales and Victoria.
The Geneva-based United Nations agency declared H1N1 a full pandemic in June. It has now spread to nearly 180 countries.
In its latest update last week, the WHO said laboratory-confirmed deaths from the flu strain totalled at least 1,462. While the WHO says at least 177,000 people have caught the disease the real number is probably in the millions.
- About Us
- |
- Terms of Use
- |
-
RSS - |
- Privacy Policy
- |
- Contact Us
- |
- Shanghai Call Center: 962288
- |
- Tip-off hotline: 52920043
- 沪ICP证：沪ICP备05050403号-1
- |
- 互联网新闻信息服务许可证：31120180004
- |
- 网络视听许可证：0909346
- |
- 广播电视节目制作许可证：沪字第354号
- |
- 增值电信业务经营许可证：沪B2-20120012
Copyright © 1999- Shanghai Daily. All rights reserved.Preferably viewed with Internet Explorer 8 or newer browsers.
