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Canada Lends Mexico 5 Million Doses Of H1N1 Vaccine
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January 07, 2010
| | So far, 40 to 45 percent of Canadians have been immunized against the swine flu. | |
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada - Health Minister Leona Aqlukkaq said Wednesday Canada will lend to Mexico five million doses of Influenza A (H1N1) vaccine. Ottawa will begin the shipments this week. Mexico will replenish the swine flu shots by the end of March.
Aglukkaq stressed the vaccines are being lent, not donated. Health observers are wondering why Canada, despite its surplus of H1N1 vaccine, would lend instead of give to its poorer North American neighbor.
Mexico's request for assistance is timely since demand for H1N1 vaccine in Canada is on a decline, while the country still has about 25 million doses of unused immunization shots out of the 50.4 million it ordered from GlaxoSmithKline.
The 50.4 million doses of vaccine order was premised on Canadians needing two shots of the H1N1 vaccine, but it turned out most of them need only one dose. So far, 40 to 45 percent of Canadians have been immunized against the swine flu.
While Mexico - one of the worst hit nations by the swine flu - has ordered more H1N1 vaccine from different pharmaceutical firms, deliveries are scheduled only by the end of January. |
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