TOKYO — Japan on Monday started vaccinating medical workers against swine flu, which is known to have killed 27 people in the country, the health ministry said.
The country has a limited supply of the domestically-made vaccine, with doses for about 1.18 million people available in the first batch as Japan heads into the autumn-winter flu season,
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Thailand reports 2 more A (H1N1) flu fatalities (The Nation – Thailand’s English news)
The Public Health Ministry Tuesday reported two more deaths caused by the A (H1N1) influenza, raising the flu fatalities to nine. Deputy Public Health Minister Manit Nopamornbodi said an eight-year-old girl died on July 2 and the result of lab test just came out that she got A (H1N1) flu.
Two cases of H1N1 confirmed in Guyana
The Ministry of Health has confirmed the first two cases of the H1N1 flu in Guyana. A release from the Health Ministry said that “at 2 pm on Saturday, July 4, Guyana reported to the International Health Regulation Focal Point at the World Health Organisation (WHO)” that these cases have been identified. According to a release, the two persons afflicted are residents of Georgetown who were believed to have been infected by contact with visitors from outside the country. The release stated tha
Thailand reports 9th death from A/H1N1 flu (Thailandnews.net)
BANGKOK, July 7 (Xinhua) — Thailand’s Public Health Ministry on Tuesday announced the country’s ninth death related to the deadly new influenza A/H1N1 virus, the second in a day. The ninth death is …
Other News (Bernama)
BEIJING, July 7 (Bernama) — China’s health ministry has agreed, in principle, to consider allowing mild cases of Influenza A (H1N1) patients to undergo medical treatment and self-quarantine at home.