Cuba to Vaccinate against Winter Flu

Winter day last year in Havana. Photo: Caridad

HAVANA TIMES, Nov. 2 – Cuba’s health authorities will administer 900,000 doses of the vaccine against the winter flu virus starting next November 9, reported IPS.

The medicine, which does not protect against the A H1N1 influenza, will be administered to persons over 75 and others suffering from diabetes, kidney failure and asthma.

Vaccines against swine flu are forthcoming from the World Health Organization, announced its director Margaret Chan on her trip last week to Cuba.

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