Swine flu: Ministers ‘preparing to offload millions of unwanted vaccines’

Kate Devlin
Daily Telegraph
January 10, 2010

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Millions of pounds could be wasted if the Government is unable to get out of orders for the vaccine it has placed with GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), the pharmaceutical giant.

Officials confirmed that they are considering a number of options, including attempting to sell or give away millions of the vaccines.

They also considering whether to stand down the National Pandemic Flu Service, the network of call centres which diagnose swine flu and hand out antiviral medications.

Fewer than 5,000 people in Britain are thought to have contracted swine flu in the last week, and the numbers in intensive care are falling, although there has been a rise in those aged over 65.

Swine flu: Ministers ‘preparing to offload millions of unwanted vaccines’

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