Ronan Kelly
Retired 2020
Swine flu vaccines go waste in Pakistan
Irish Sun
Saturday 22nd January, 2011
(IANS)
District health officials in Pakistan are 'not very keen' to use swine flu vaccines donated by the World Health Organisation (WHO), thus resulting in the country's failure to control the disease, the WHO has said.
In March 2010, about 3.1 million doses of Monovalent Influenza vaccine were given to Pakistan's health ministry for distribution in the provinces.
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Five deaths from swine flu have so far been reported, two from Rawalpindi and one each from Islamabad, Sahiwal and Gujar Khan, according to the ministry of health.
Achakzai added that one of the major reasons behind the outbreak in Pakistan was the malfunctioning of thermal scanners installed at airports to check people for signs and symptons of the flu.
However, Islamabad airport health officer Irfan Tahir denied reports of any malfunction.
http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/734793/cs/1/
Irish Sun
Saturday 22nd January, 2011
(IANS)
District health officials in Pakistan are 'not very keen' to use swine flu vaccines donated by the World Health Organisation (WHO), thus resulting in the country's failure to control the disease, the WHO has said.
In March 2010, about 3.1 million doses of Monovalent Influenza vaccine were given to Pakistan's health ministry for distribution in the provinces.
....
Five deaths from swine flu have so far been reported, two from Rawalpindi and one each from Islamabad, Sahiwal and Gujar Khan, according to the ministry of health.
Achakzai added that one of the major reasons behind the outbreak in Pakistan was the malfunctioning of thermal scanners installed at airports to check people for signs and symptons of the flu.
However, Islamabad airport health officer Irfan Tahir denied reports of any malfunction.
http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/734793/cs/1/