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Swine flu immunization next month

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First doses will be distributed in the United States for persons of risk groups

Rio - The U.S. Agency for Food and Drugs, the FDA yesterday approved the requests of four manufacturers of the vaccine against swine flu and assured that the vaccine will be administered from next month in the U.S.. The government bought 195 million doses.
"The vaccination program will begin on a large scale in October. The first doses will be available the first week of the month, "said U.S. Secretary of Health, Kathleen Sebelius.

Be prioritized to receive the immunizing the population considered at risk by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, which includes pregnant women, age 24, those caring for babies, workers in the health sector and those with preexisting medical conditions.

Yesterday, experts from the University of Arizona said the H1N1 circulated in pigs for at least a decade before infecting humans. "This virus likely circulated unnoticed among pigs for about 10 years," said Michael Worobey, an expert in tracing the origin of the virus, which has molecular tests to reach the conclusion.




Source: The Day Online

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