Israel: Health Ministry to keep swine flu vaccine doses in storage

By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH
08/04/2010 06:32

Although the US government may discard millions of superfluous H1N1 swine flu vaccines, the Health Ministry told The Jerusalem Post on Wednesday that it intends to keep its remaining supplies in storage.

Jerusalem health officials said they intend to hold on to the more than three million doses that were purchased and not used due to lack of demand, because they might be needed in the fall or winter.

The ministry said that the expiration dates on the vaccines it purchased in the US and Europe have not passed.

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