U.S. To Receive 45 Million Doses Of Swine Flu Vaccine

“We’re looking at at least 45 million doses [of H1N1 vaccine], with 20 million doses each week coming out after that,” Robin Robinson said during a telephone meeting Friday with the Department of Health and Human Service’s National Biodefense Science Board. (0:20)

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Swine Flu Vaccination Campaign Will Work With States

“The [H1N1] vaccine will be shipped to the health care providers, retail pharmacies, or to the state and local health facilities for administration, either through the public health clinics or special mass vaccination clinics,” said Jay C. Butler MD., Director of the Center for Disease Control’s H1N1 Vaccine Task Force during a telephone meeting Friday with HHS’s National Biodefense Science Board.

Butler added that through this process, the vaccination campaign will fit with state planning efforts. (0:19)
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