Available 110 THOUSAND DOSES OF FLU VACCINE A/H1N1

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CHILE
Available 110 THOUSAND DOSES OF FLU VACCINE A/H1N1
SANTIAGO DE CHILE, 15 (UPI) - A total of 110 thousand doses of vaccine against human influenza A/H1N1, arrived today in Chile, where they will be publicly available without prescription from Friday, with a value between 23 and $ 25 said the manager of the Laboratory Biosana, Jorge Manriquez.
"We will work directly in the private sector, we will market the vaccine at pharmacies, clinics, VACUNATORIOS, Armed Forces," said the expert to Radio Cooperativa, while in the public sector reported that the vaccine will be available from March.
According to Manriquez, influenza vaccine that 10 days after being laid, "the body begins to develop antibodies, which are those that protect the virus and the vaccine is very simple, containing a single strain of influenza virus and reactions effects are really very low, less than a seasonal influenza, "he said.
Influenza A/H1N1 became within a few months last year in the first pandemic of the century, after being detected in March 2009 in Mexico and the United States. In Chile this type of influenza caused 140 deaths in the United States 1929, Brazil 1528, Mexico 687, in Argentina 613, Canada 357 in Peru 192 and Colombia 163. JMG
15/02/2010 13:47


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Chile to vaccinate minors against flu in quake-hit regions

19:09, March 19, 2010

The Chilean Health Ministry announced Thursday that it would launch a vaccination campaign to protect children in quake-hit regions from flu.

Children between four and 17 years old in O'Higgins, Maule, Araucania and Bio Bio will be vaccinated, according to the announcement.

These children will be added to an existing program which starts on March 22: The government had already planned to vaccinate health workers, women with more than 12 weeks of pregnancy, children under two years old and chronically ill pensioners.

"We have defined the groups that are going to be protected and they are going to be very different in the areas hit by the quake compared with the rest of the nation," Liliana Jadue, official in charge of the campaign, told Chilean broadcaster Radio Bio Bio.
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