Dept prepares for H1N1
2010-01-26 20:10
Johannesburg - The health department will seek to immunise at least three million people against the H1N1 flu virus before winter sets in, Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi said in Johannesburg on Tuesday
"We have 1.3 million doses of vaccine," he said on the sidelines of a conference of the country's health MECs and national and international health experts.
The department hopes to immunise at least three million people and is still seeking funding for the additional vaccines. Motsoaledi said they could not immunise everybody as they could not afford it.
All pregnant women will be immunised, healthcare workers, some people at points of entry into the country and young people who have been most vulnerable to the H1N1 virus, which can cause death.
Because South Africa is classified as both developed and developing, the country did not benefit from the free vaccines distributed to all African countries. Algeria was also turned down.
"They told us we are developed."
- SAPA
2010-01-26 20:10
Johannesburg - The health department will seek to immunise at least three million people against the H1N1 flu virus before winter sets in, Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi said in Johannesburg on Tuesday
"We have 1.3 million doses of vaccine," he said on the sidelines of a conference of the country's health MECs and national and international health experts.
The department hopes to immunise at least three million people and is still seeking funding for the additional vaccines. Motsoaledi said they could not immunise everybody as they could not afford it.
All pregnant women will be immunised, healthcare workers, some people at points of entry into the country and young people who have been most vulnerable to the H1N1 virus, which can cause death.
Because South Africa is classified as both developed and developing, the country did not benefit from the free vaccines distributed to all African countries. Algeria was also turned down.
"They told us we are developed."
- SAPA
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