Re: British Columbia- Novel H1N1 Vaccine Availability
General public in B.C. to wait three more weeks before getting H1N1 shot
<DL class=author><DD class="date published">Published on November 16th, 2009 </DD></DL>VICTORIA, B.C. - The general public in B.C. will have to wait up to three more weeks before being eligible for the H1N1 flu shot.
Provincial health officer Dr. Perry Kendall says the second wave of the flu virus has peaked in B.C. and there may not be a third wave if enough people get immunized.
Kendall says the virus appears to have levelled off everywhere but in the northern part of the province, where he expects it to follow suit in the next week or so.
Starting this week, the vaccine program has been expanded to include healthy children, seniors with chronic conditions and health-care workers.
Kendall says the province received 250,000 doses of the H1N1 vaccine for use this week and another 258,000 doses will be available next week.
He says some health-care resources have been diverted to deal with the H1N1 virus, including doctors being transferred to emergency departments from other hospital programs.
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General public in B.C. to wait three more weeks before getting H1N1 shot
<DL class=author><DD class="date published">Published on November 16th, 2009 </DD></DL>VICTORIA, B.C. - The general public in B.C. will have to wait up to three more weeks before being eligible for the H1N1 flu shot.
Provincial health officer Dr. Perry Kendall says the second wave of the flu virus has peaked in B.C. and there may not be a third wave if enough people get immunized.
Kendall says the virus appears to have levelled off everywhere but in the northern part of the province, where he expects it to follow suit in the next week or so.
Starting this week, the vaccine program has been expanded to include healthy children, seniors with chronic conditions and health-care workers.
Kendall says the province received 250,000 doses of the H1N1 vaccine for use this week and another 258,000 doses will be available next week.
He says some health-care resources have been diverted to deal with the H1N1 virus, including doctors being transferred to emergency departments from other hospital programs.
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