Switzerland willing to acquire ‘pre-pandemic’ bird flu vaccine
June 30th, 2006
Switzerland is ready to place an order for 8 million doses of a new type of vaccine designed to deal with the deadly H5N1 virus and other strains similar to it, in an attempt to prepare for an eventual pandemic affecting the country.
Apparently two vaccine producing companies will be contacted to provide the national stock, which should be supplied by next year, the government announced after a regular cabinet meeting. People living in Switzerland will be offered an initial protection when a flu pandemic breaks out, hopefully enough to allow time for a proper vaccine to be developed within a period of months to tackle the precise bird flu strain of the virus.