Starts next week vaccination against influenza A (H1N1) in India
thursday, 04 of 2010 of marzo
04 of March 2010, 00:25New Delhi, Mar 4 (Prensa Latina) The mass vaccination against influenza A (H1N1) will start in India next week after a batch of one million 500 thousand doses, acquired by the government, passed safety tests, reported Today an official source.
The analysis showed that the vaccines are safe. Vaccination should start next week, ahead of the director of the State Agency for Control of Drugs (DCGI, for its acronym in English), Surinder Singh was quoted Thursday by The Times of India.
According to the source, one million doses will be delivered to the hospitals run by the government, to be applied to health workers and all staff at risk of contracting the disease.
The rest will be to vaccinate members of the armed forces, the newspaper said.
The doses were purchased from the French laboratory Sanofi Pasteur, pending the disposal of the first vaccine produced in India, which is expected to be ready by mid May.
At least four local pharmaceutical companies are locked in product development, it was announced that would cost three to five dollars per dose, compared with nine and $ 15 it costs in other countries.
According to the latest report from the Ministry of Health in India thousand 383 people have died from the virus of influenza A (H1N1) since the disease was detected in the country in May 2009.
Official figures compiled yesterday also show that 29 thousand 744 others have contracted the disease.
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