加拿大捐出5百萬劑過多的豬流感疫苗給世衛重新分配努力
Canada donates 5 million doses of excess H1N1 vaccine to WHO redistribution effort
Thursday, 28 January 2010 15:28
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Canada donates 5 million doses of excess H1N1 vaccine to WHO redistribution effort
(CP) – 2 hours ago
TORONTO — The federal government is donating five million doses of H1N1 vaccine to the World Health Organization.
多倫多 - 聯邦政府將捐贈五百萬劑流感疫苗給世衛組織。
The doses will be added to a pool of donated vaccine that the WHO is redistributing to countries that could not afford to secure their own pandemic vaccine contracts.
該疫苗將被加到疫苗總捐獻，世衛將重新分配到無力負担國家，以保障她們自己的大流行疫苗合約。
As well, Canada will donate $6 million to the WHO to support the agency's ongoing pandemic relief efforts.
Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq announced the donation in a news release, saying Canada can take this step now because the country's own immediate needs have been met.
Demand for the vaccine here has plummeted since late December, as flu activity has tailed off.
Canada bought 50.6 million doses of vaccine and likely faces a surplus of several tens of millions of doses, even after making the donation to the WHO.
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