Egypt - Vaccine Statement by Mubarak

[sharon sanders]

Mubarak says Saudi Arabia recommended not to use swine flu vaccine until in use in world for 6 months to evaluate the side effects.

And the face of Mubarak not to use the swine flu vaccine only after ascertaining the nature of side effects and how serious, saying "They are in Saudi Arabia had told him they would not use these vaccines only after 6 months in circulation in the world."

http://www.masrawy.com/News/Egypt/Politics/2009/october/8/muabark_flu.aspx

[AlaskaDenise]

Re: Egypt - Vaccine Statement by Mubarak

Is this population control, or supporting their home-grown anti-western conspiracy theorists, or what?

If a recombined H5N1+H1N1 comes out of Egypt as a result, they'll add a new chapter to their history as the source of the "global Egyptian pandemic".

I don't understand how Egypt will slaughter all it's pigs to prevent H1N1, but won't allow human vaccines. Especially given that Egypt has H5N1 also in quail and turkeys.

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[Shannon Bennett]

Re: Egypt - Vaccine Statement by Mubarak

Paranoia? Why else whould he suggest such a plan?

[Pathfinder]

Re: Egypt - Vaccine Statement by Mubarak

Egypt Says Developing Own H1N1 Flu Vaccine for 2011

By Edmund Blair
October 12, 2009

CAIRO (Reuters) -

Egypt is developing its own vaccine against H1N1 swine flu for production in 2011 and, in the meantime, will import vaccines to inoculate school children and key public workers, the health minister said.

Experts fear a flu pandemic could have a devastating impact on Egypt, a country of 77 million people who mostly live in the densely packed Nile Valley. Many are in Cairo's crowded slums.

Egypt, already hard hit by the more deadly H5N1 bird flu virus, has found about 1,030 cases of H1N1 flu, widely known as swine flu, and three people have died from the virus, Health Minister Hatem el-Gabali said late on Sunday.

"We have a plan to produce the first batch (of Egypt's H1N1 flu vaccine) by April 2011," Gabali said, speaking after a talk about healthcare reform.

A 35-strong team of experts had been assembled from around Egypt to develop the vaccine, the minister told Reuters.

"We are working now in the lab," he said. "They (the team) were people working in independent institutions, around Egypt. They have trained overseas but they have not worked together as a team. They have the skills to develop the vaccine."

"The production (of) the first batch will be about 6,000 units and it will be tested for efficacy around the second quarter of 2011," he said.

Output from the factory, to be built in Sixth of October City on the outskirts of Cairo, would meet demand in Egypt but could also supply other countries in Africa, he said.

VACCINATING STUDENTS

Other countries, including developing nations, are also working to produce their own vaccines in expectation that global supplies from pharmaceutical giants like GlaxoSmithKline and Novartis will be quickly spoken for.

The World Health Organization has given Egyptian national producer Vacsera a seed grant and technical guidance to ramp up its capacity to eventually make flu vaccine.

"We are working closely with the WHO and they want us to expand our capacity and we will do that," Gabali said.

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory?id=8811412