Singapore to get first doses of A/H1N1 vaccine in two weeks

Singapore's Ministry of Health will distribute the A/H1N1 vaccine when the first doses arrive in two weeks, local media reported on Monday.

The ministry will begin distributing the vaccines to polyclinics, private hospitals and clinics once the first batches arrive. The ministry has started going to the clinics and hospitals to check on how many doses they need, local newspaper the Straits Times reported.

The ministry has asked doctors to compile the lists so that the vaccine can be allocated efficiently, based on how many each hospital and clinic needs for its patients.

Singapore Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan said that some of these lists are running into the hundreds or thousands.

Singapore will receive all its one million doses it has brought by Christmas.

Singapore reported its first confirmed case of flu A/H1N1 on May 27. The flu has caused 18 deaths in the country.

Source: Xinhua