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TAIWAN PREMIER CONFIDENT OF RIDING OUT SWINE FLU IMPACT.
TAIPEI, May 1 Asia Pulse - Premier Liu Chao-shiuan said Wednesday that Taiwan, given its experience in fighting the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) outbreak in 2003, will be able to ride out any possible impact of a swine flu epidemic.
Liu made the remarks as Taiwan on Wednesday launched on-board checks of passengers on flights arriving from North America.
Earlier in the day, Department of Health Minister Yeh Ching-chuan said Taiwan had been in contact with the United States, seeking samples of the H1N1 swine flu virus strain so local pharmaceutical companies could start developing a human vaccine.
Yeh said at the Legislative Yuan that the Department of Health (DOH) has also instructed the non-profit National Health Research Institute (NHRI) to prepare for developing the vaccine.
He said the NHRI is capable of producing vaccine in emergency situations and that an expanded vaccine plant run by Adimmune Corp., also known as Kuo Kwang Biotechnology, was expected to ...
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- News wire article from: AP Online July 21, 2009 700+ words
...compound that it says can kill swine flu and bird flu viruses in...their spread. The National Taiwan University team said the...the rapid spread of the swine flu virus. More than 98...Organization. The head of Taiwan's Centers for Disease...
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- Picture from: AP Images Wally Santana July 21, 2009 700+ words
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- APTOPIX Taiwan Swine Flu
- Picture from: AP Images Wally Santana July 21, 2009 700+ words
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- News wire article from: ANT - LKBN ANTARA (Indonesia) May 9, 2009 700+ words
...influenza A (H1N1) virus or swine flu. "The results of tests...had just returned from Taiwan, one journalist from...been infected with the swine flu virus. "The health...plans to face possible swine flu pandemic. The H5N1 extra...
