Swine Flu Vaccine Delayed Due to Logjam

by at Thursday, August 20, 2009 in Breaking News,Health
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Swine Flu Vaccine

Swine Flu Vaccine

As the world is finally getting all ready and geared up against the latest menace in the form of swine flu, it seems that a shipment of bad news is waiting to be unleashed. According to sources in Washington, health service authorities are now on the verge of having sleepless nights due to a factory logjam.

In other words, an unexpected problem in the form of a factory logjam is threatening to delay the process of putting the liquid into the syringes resulting in a sudden stasis for the entire process which has been so enthusiastically lapped up by the people. The recent estimates reveal that the country is not going to have 120 million doses ready to be distributed by the 15th of October, but instead it has to be settled for 45 million units. The authorities are however hopeful about coming up with a solution.

MEXICO: Schools Reopened and classes Resumed

by at Tuesday, May 12, 2009 in Health
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 tCourtsy : Associated Press

In Mexico there are many primary schools which are disinfected.  There was a nationwide agreement in helping to put a stop on the spreading swine flu.  Education officials decided to send back those students who were find symptomatic of this disease. But the whole country didn’t participate in this program.  Among the thirty one states of Mexico, six states put off their schools for the following week because of the doubt in the rising flu cases in many regions.  One of the states of Mexico ordered a delay of one day in the reopening of schools.  Many parents had a fear in sending their children back to school so early.

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Canadian farm pigs found infected with new swine flu virus

by at Tuesday, May 05, 2009 in Breaking News,Health
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Pig FarmAccording to Canadian health officials, some pigs have been found infected with swine flu virus in some farms in Canada. These swine flu infected pigs have been isolated to prevent the spread of the disease.

The officials also told that it was the first case of pig infection in the country. In pigs swine flu outbreaks are quite regular, but they do not have a risk for food safety, however, this time the health officials have warned against the spread of the disease.

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