AccessMyLibrary provides FREE access to millions of articles from top publications available through your library.

Vaccines for all pledge as UK prepares for pandemic.

Europe Intelligence Wire

| October 20, 2005 | COPYRIGHT 2003 Financial Times Ltd. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

(From Yorkshire Post)

Mike Waites Health Correspondent ENOUGH vaccine to inoculate everyone in the country against a pandemic strain of flu will be manufactured after the deadly virus breaks out, the Government pledged yesterday.

The chief medical officer Sir Liam Donaldson said 120 million doses - equivalent to two per person - will be made. But he warned the vaccine could not be created until the exact strain of flu was know, leaving tens of thousands vulnerable in the first six months of infection.

Last night one of the country's leading virologists Prof John Oxford welcomed the move but called for vaccines against existing flu strains, which …

Related articles from newspapers, magazines, journals, and more
CMO tells GPs to plan for a flu pandemic.(chief medical officer Sir Liam...
Magazine article from: GP October 21, 2005 700+ words
CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER STEPS UP PREPAREDNESS FOR A FLU PANDEMIC.
News wire article from: Europe Intelligence Wire October 19, 2005 700+ words
Flu pandemic is inevitable - only question is when.
News wire article from: Europe Intelligence Wire October 24, 2005 700+ words
Deadly flu pandemic 'inevitable'.
News wire article from: Europe Intelligence Wire October 24, 2005 700+ words
SIR Liam Donaldson, the Government's [.
News wire article from: Europe Intelligence Wire December 21, 2009 700+ words
©2013 Gale, a part of Cengage Learning. All rights reserved. Contact us | Privacy policy | Terms and conditions

The AccessMyLibrary advertising network includes: womensforum.com GlamFamily