Thursday, August 27, 2009

California to Receive 8 Million Doses of H1N1 "Swine Flu" Vaccine


The head of the state’s infectious disease program said Thursday that California expects to receive 2 million doses of the new vaccine for the H1N1 flu virus no later than mid-October and a total of 8 million doses before the end of the year.

The first people targeted to receive vaccinations will be hospital and other healthcare workers, pregnant mothers, children under 4 and young adults with chronic health conditions, said Gil Chavez, director of the state Public Health Department’s Center for Infectious Diseases.


Source: Ventura County Star

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