WHO drafts A/H1N1 vaccine production plan

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Source: CCTV.com | 05-07-2009 13:22

The World Health Organization says it's called a meeting to discuss whether drug companies should switch production from regular flu vaccine to pandemic vaccine.

A scientist conducts tests at the World Health Organisation's influenza laboratory in Melbourne, Australia.(AFP/Pool/File/William West)

Producers can only make one kind of flu vaccine at a time.

The WHO has to guess whether the world will need pandemic vaccine more than regular vaccine. Seasonal flu kills up to 500-thousand people a year, which makes it a tough call.

Editor:Zhang Pengfei