Nearly 3.8 million people in China have already been vaccinated to prevent the potentially fatal H1N1 influenza virus.

Comparing with the 390 million people within the country who are considered at high risk of the disease, the vaccine supply is limited, Liang Wannian, deputy director of the emergency response office of the Ministry of Health, said on Nov 1.

So far, almost 52.9 million doses of the vaccine, which produced by eight domestic manufacturers, have been approved by the top drug authority. According to the ministry’s plans, 65 million people will be inoculated by the end of the year.

Now total cases and fatalities are both increasing sharply, it considered as the pandemic peaked in the Read more…

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