Leftover swine flu vaccines used to fill flu jab shortfall
Activer le mode zenRebecca Smith
"Emergency stocks are being released to combat local shortages of flu vaccine as experts said the disease may be peaking.
"A review is to be carried out into whether vaccines should be purchased centrally next year in order to avoid shortages.
"Currently GPs order directly from manufacturers the number of doses they estimate will be needed for their patients in the risk groups.
"Officials said that although there should be enough vaccine in the system as a whole, there appeared to be a mismatch between where the stocks were and where the patients who needed it were."
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Leftover swine flu vaccines used to fill flu jab shortfall, La Clé des Langues [en ligne], Lyon, ENS de LYON/DGESCO (ISSN 2107-7029), juin 2011. Consulté le 15/03/2025. URL: https://cle.ens-lyon.fr/anglais/archives/archives-revue-de-presse/leftover-swine-flu-vaccines-used-to-fill-flu-jab-shortfall