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Health | 5 September, 2009 [ 12:24 ]
Vaccines against AH1N1 flu to arrive in Peru in October
LivinginPeru.com
Isabel Guerra
Peru's Deputy Minister of Health, Melitón Arce, announced that some 8,000 doses of the new vaccine against AH1N1 influenza will arrive in Peru in October, thanks to the support from the World's Health Organization (WHO), which bought them to the Chinese pharmaceutical Sinovac Biotec.
According to Peru21, the China Administration of Food and Medicines issued a license for Panflu-1 vaccine, after it passed the evaluations.
Reportedly, this single-dose vaccine is safe for humans between 3 and 60 years.
“The vaccines will be applied to all people considered as in high risk,” said Arce.
He also told the press that the rates of incidence of AH1N1 cases in Peru are dropping, and that sp far the country has all the necessary stock of retroviral drugs.
Have other topics you'd like to see in our news section? If you or someone you know would like to contribute a news article to Living in Peru, whether it's translated or based on a personal investigation, send it to editor@livinginperu.com.
Isabel Guerra
Peru's Deputy Minister of Health, Melitón Arce, announced that some 8,000 doses of the new vaccine against AH1N1 influenza will arrive in Peru in October, thanks to the support from the World's Health Organization (WHO), which bought them to the Chinese pharmaceutical Sinovac Biotec. According to Peru21, the China Administration of Food and Medicines issued a license for Panflu-1 vaccine, after it passed the evaluations.
Reportedly, this single-dose vaccine is safe for humans between 3 and 60 years.
“The vaccines will be applied to all people considered as in high risk,” said Arce.
He also told the press that the rates of incidence of AH1N1 cases in Peru are dropping, and that sp far the country has all the necessary stock of retroviral drugs.
Have other topics you'd like to see in our news section? If you or someone you know would like to contribute a news article to Living in Peru, whether it's translated or based on a personal investigation, send it to editor@livinginperu.com.
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2 Comments
# ROSU VIRGILIU says :
2 November, 2009 [ 15:22 ]
Hello,
I am interesting about vaccine AH!N!.
I am from Romania.
Can I buy from you 3 vaccines for my family.
I wait a reply.
Thanks.
Virgiliu Rosu
# Arnaldo says :
13 November, 2009 [ 12:21 ]
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