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Swine flu vaccines will arrive in January 2010

Wed, Nov 04 2009 14:33 CET

byNick Iliev

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Swine flu vaccines will arrive in January 2010

Former prime minister and Bulgarian Socialist Party leader Sergei Stanishev 

Photo: Oleg Popov

The Bulgarian Cabinet has passed a bill aimed at expediting delivery of medication necessary to combat the new H1N1 influenza, Dnevnik daily reported.

The former government of Sergei Stanishev has been blamed for the delay. Many countries around the world have already initiated the inoculation procedures of their citizens because they had applied for the jabs even before they were manufactured. The Bulgarian government, on the other hand, had failed to act in time, according to its critics.

The new bill is poised to ease the restrictions of delivery of medicine in "critical times", such as pandemics, a threat from chemical and/or biological agents and/or nuclear radiation, Dnevnik has said.

The Bulgarian Health Ministry has confirmed that 12 million leva is designated for the delivery of vaccines for the H1N1 strain, but in order for the drugs to be delivered "they must be voted in immediately by Cabinet".

Swine flu jabs are expected to arrive in Bulgaria at the start of January 2010, by which point the first wave of the epidemic would have ravaged the country, experts say.

To date, 130 000 doses of Tamiflu and Relenza have been supplied to Bulgarian hospitals, whereas the Health Ministry has 65 000 doses in stock. Additionally, 200 000 doses will be requested from the European Union.

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Anonymous jeff Thu, Nov 05 2009 20:56 CET
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I hope Sergei and his incapable government all get it, what a wast of money they were.


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