Bird flu vaccine may be tested on Hungarian Police
July 1st, 2006
Police officers in Hungary are being asked to step up and be subjected to trials for the country’s own human bird flu vaccine. The Interior Ministry is seeking 240 police, men and women, to volunteer for a trial to last four months. Local newspaper Nepszabagdsag says it is not certain how popular this request will be or how many officers will need to temporarily quit their work for this. Hungary needs a total of 500 volunteers for this project, including children and elderly, after the private company Omninvest announced it is about to produce the world’s first human vaccine against the H5N1 virus, late last year. World Health Organization officials say they have not yet seen clear proof of the effectiveness of the vaccine.