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Latest update: 14/01/2010
- France - health - INFLUENZA A (H1N1)
Swine flu epidemic ends in France
The swine flu epidemic in mainland France that has killed hundreds has ended, a monitoring group of doctors said Wednesday. The doctors recommended continuing the vaccination programme, however, to avoid a resurgence of the epidemic.
AFP - The swine flu epidemic in mainland France that has killed hundreds has ended, a monitoring group of doctors said on Wednesday.
"It's the end of the epidemic," Thierry Blanchon, one of the doctors of the Sentinelles flu monitoring network, told AFP.
The number of cases of the fever reported to doctors has "fallen below the epidemic level for the past two weeks," he said. "The virus is certainly still spreading, but at a very weak pace."
He added that vaccinations should continue in order to prevent a resurgence of the A(H1N1) flu virus, which health authorities say has killed 240 people in mainland France.
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No Centres = No Vaccine
How can continue to have vaccines if no centres are open to administer them. As of tomorrow all centres that I know of will be closed and my kids are due their second jab.
I keep hearing that we should continue to be vaccinated but how is this possible.... what message does this send out.
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