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Beijing students world's first to get H1N1 vaccine

 

China introduces H1N1 vaccine. It will be available to all her citizens

free.

 

China plans to produce 3 billion doses a year.

 

Ravinder Singh

September23, 2009

 

http://www.asianewsnet.net/news.php?id=7674 & sec=14

http://english.sina.com/life/2009/0921/272181.html

Beijing students world's first to get H1N1 vaccine

2009-09-22 00:56:57 GMT

 

Students in the national capital Monday became the first large group of

people worldwide to receive an H1N1 flu vaccination, sources with the

municipality confirmed.

 

More than 100,000 people from universities, middle schools and primary

schools in Beijing who will participate in the National Day Parade will get

their jabs through Thursday.

 

Previously, only small test groups in China had received the vaccine.

 

As of yesterday afternoon, the H1N1 virus had infected 13,262 people on the

mainland, said Ma Yanming, a spokesman with the Beijing Municipal Health

Bureau.

 

The inoculation of students who will take part in the Oct 1 parade is the

first phase of injections that will be administered nationwide.

 

" The vaccination is free, and based on free will, " Ma told China Daily.

 

Ma would not say whether the vaccinations covered the military participants

in the parade.

 

Some 49 medical teams, comprising 500 health workers from key hospitals in

the capital, were administering the injections at Beijing schools and

universities, he said.

 

Xia Yunhan, 20, a sophomore from Beijing Xinyuanming Vocational College,

told China Daily she felt fine, except for a pain in the arm, after getting

a PANFLU.1 jab.

 

Her medication was made by Sinovac Biotech Ltd, one of 10 designated H1N1

vaccine producers in the country.

 

The Ministry of Health warned this month that the H1N1 virus could infect

tens of millions of people in China during the fall and winter.

 

So far, the government has prepared antiviral drugs for 10 million people.

 

Vivian Tan, press officer with the World Health Organization's Beijing

office, urged the authorities to monitor the mass vaccination for unusual or

adverse side effects.

 

Margaret Chan, director general of the WHO, said yesterday production of the

H1N1 vaccine was on track and she said 3 billion doses a year would be an

ideal target.

 

Chan said many countries and regions were producing vaccines but she

confirmed that China was the first to have a vaccine ready for use.

 

Wang Ying, who heads the hospital at the University of International

Business and Economics, said staff there were set to administer the vaccine.

 

" All of our 1,600 students and faculty members who will participate in the

celebration will be vaccinated, " Wang said. " It's on a voluntary basis but,

so far, we've not had any students not wanting to get vaccinated. "

 

Wang said the Beijing Center for Disease Control and Prevention will assign

experts to each vaccination site to monitor the situation for at least 72

hours after inoculations have been given, looking for adverse reactions.

 

Nationwide, China expects to vaccinate 5 percent of the population by the

end of the year, said Health Minister Chen Zhu.

 

First Batch Of A (H1N1) Flu Vaccine To Be Rolled Out In South Australia Soon

 

CANBERRA, Sept 22 (Bernama) -- The first batch of influenza A (H1N1) vaccine

will be rolled out to doctors in South Australia (SA) this week following

five more deaths linked to the A (H1N1) influenza virus, according to its

Health Minister John Hill said on Tuesday.

 

The A (H1N1) flu-related death toll in South Australia this week climbed to

25, the Health Minister said.

 

" According to advice from the coroner, three of those people died at home

suffering from other chronic illness, " Hill said, adding the two who died in

hospital were suffering from underlying life-threatening illnesses.

 

Australia's biggest ever immunization programme will begin nationally on

Sept 30, reported China's Xinhua news agency on Tuesday.

 

Free doses of the vaccine will initially be made available to 440,000 South

Australian adults at clinics, council clinics and hospitals across the

state.

 

The vaccine, which will be supplied to clinics this week before being made

available to the public on September 30, was developed in South Australia.

 

The federal government has purchased 21 million doses of the vaccine.

 

The A (H1N1) flu has so far hospitalized thousands of Australians and killed

almost 200 Australians.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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