Govt importing 600,000 doses of A-flu vaccine
- Published: 2/07/2009 at 03:25 PM
- Online news: Health
The government will import 600,000 doses of A(H1N1) influenza vaccine in September or October and all patients in need will have access to it, Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said Thursday.
Health officials would be innoculated first as they were at greatest risk of catching the virus, he said.
There would be enough vaccine to care for all who need it.
He reiterated there wasno need to panic because patients recovered if they received the right treatment. People with a chronic disease were the most vulnerable.
The Public Health Ministry reported 83 new cases of influenza A on Thursday, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 1,556.
Twenty-eight patients remained in hospitals. Five people have succumbed to virus-related symptoms.
On Wednesday two people died, including a 14-year-old schoolgirl in Ubon Ratchathani who attended a Korean boy-band concert in Bangkok last weekend. She was afflicted with thessalemia, a rare hereditary blood disorder, according to reports
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