WHO chief gets H1N1 flu vaccination
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GENEVA (Reuters) - The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) has finally been vaccinated against H1N1 flu, a virus expected to infect more people in coming months, the U.N. agency said on Tuesday.
日內瓦（路透社） -世界衛生組織（WHO）頭頭最終已注射H1N1豬流感疫苗，因為預期病毒在未來數月將感染更多人，聯合國機構週二表示。
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Margaret Chan, WHO director-general, was vaccinated on December 30, a day after admitting at a news conference that she had not got round to it due to travel and other demands.
世界衛生組織總幹事陳馮富珍於12月30日接種疫苗，之前一天在一新聞發布會上承認她仍沒有接種，由於忙於旅行和其它需要。
"She is feeling very well, working and very busy as usual," WHO spokeswoman Fadela Chaib told a news briefing. "The flu will be with us for a few more months."
H1N1, commonly known as swine flu, has spread to 208 countries and territories, according to WHO which declared an influenza pandemic last June. The virus has officially killed at least 12,220 people, but the true death toll is much higher and could take two years to establish, it says.
Chan said last week it would take another six to 12 months for the first pandemic in more than 40 years to run its course.
She called for continued vigilance, noting that pregnant women, young people and those with chronic medical conditions like asthma are at greatest risk.
Azerbaijan and Mongolia are scheduled later this week to become the first developing countries to receive donated H1N1 vaccine doses, Chaib said.
In all, six drug companies and 14 industrialized countries have pledged nearly 190 million doses for use in 95 developing countries, she said.
GlaxoSmithKline, Novartis and Sanofi-Aventis are among major producers of H1N1 vaccine.
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