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Health authorities are concerned about the Norwegian swine flu deaths and believes that all Norwegians should vaccinate themselves.
Source: http://www.vg.no/helse/artikkel.php?artid=569416
Health Minister Anne-Grete Str?m-Erichsen, health director Bj?rn-Inge Larsen and physician Bj?rn Iversen in the NIPH has had a press conference to inform about the swine flu, and plans for vaccination.
- "Today it is decided that there will be a recommendation that everyone should be vaccinated against swine flu. This will happen after the risk groups have been offered vaccination", said Health Minister Anne-Grete Str?m-Erichsen.
- "We can not predict who will get deadly symptoms caused by swine flu. Therefore, we recommend that everyone should be vaccinated", says Larsen.
10 dead
Total 10 people are now confirmed dead of swine flu in Norway. The latest death came Thursday night, said Iveresen.
Two of the dead have not been at risk for swine influenza, the physician Bj?rn Iversen in the NIPH previously informed.
- "I am concerned that Norway has a much higher death toll than Sweden and Denmark", says Iversen.
The health authorities estimate that 100,000 Norwegians have been or are infected by swine flu.
- "There has been much pressure on the pandemic from the first moment. Norway is well prepared for pandemic", says Str?m-Erichsen, who has been health minister for three days.
Polls have shown that only one in five want to take the vaccine, and this worries health authorities.
- "We have not really had the overview of the contents and side effects. Therefore, we have waited to go out with the advice that everyone should vaccinate themselves. There has been no reports of unknown side effects so far. There are reports of redness and more pain in the arm than the standard flu vaccine", says Iversen.
The age limit for vaccination of children is lowered from three years to six months.
Source: http://www.vg.no/helse/artikkel.php?artid=569416
Health Minister Anne-Grete Str?m-Erichsen, health director Bj?rn-Inge Larsen and physician Bj?rn Iversen in the NIPH has had a press conference to inform about the swine flu, and plans for vaccination.
- "Today it is decided that there will be a recommendation that everyone should be vaccinated against swine flu. This will happen after the risk groups have been offered vaccination", said Health Minister Anne-Grete Str?m-Erichsen.
- "We can not predict who will get deadly symptoms caused by swine flu. Therefore, we recommend that everyone should be vaccinated", says Larsen.
10 dead
Total 10 people are now confirmed dead of swine flu in Norway. The latest death came Thursday night, said Iveresen.
Two of the dead have not been at risk for swine influenza, the physician Bj?rn Iversen in the NIPH previously informed.
- "I am concerned that Norway has a much higher death toll than Sweden and Denmark", says Iversen.
The health authorities estimate that 100,000 Norwegians have been or are infected by swine flu.
- "There has been much pressure on the pandemic from the first moment. Norway is well prepared for pandemic", says Str?m-Erichsen, who has been health minister for three days.
Polls have shown that only one in five want to take the vaccine, and this worries health authorities.
- "We have not really had the overview of the contents and side effects. Therefore, we have waited to go out with the advice that everyone should vaccinate themselves. There has been no reports of unknown side effects so far. There are reports of redness and more pain in the arm than the standard flu vaccine", says Iversen.
The age limit for vaccination of children is lowered from three years to six months.