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Swine Flu Vaccine: 1 Million More Doses To Be Produced

Posted on October 28, 2009 by admin

U.S. officials reported that the addition of another million doses H1N1 swine flu vaccine, brings the total so far to 23.2 million doses.  Janet Napolitano, secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, said that they know people are frustrated by the inability to immediately get vaccine right now and also by waiting in lines and by uncertainty.Production delays have resulted in far fewer doses of the H1N1 vaccine than federal officials had hoped for by this time. The first estimates called for 40 million doses by the end of October and 190 million doses by year’s end.

Read the detailed report at US News

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