Friday, October 23, 2009

Swine flu vaccine approved

By Meagan Fitzpatrick, Canwest News Service

OTTAWA — Canadians who want to roll up their sleeves for the H1N1 vaccine should stay tuned for details about local immunization clinics, now the vaccine has been authorized and the country's biggest vaccination program in history can get underway.

The vaccine, named Arepanrix by its manufacturer GlaxoSmithKline, was given the green light Wednesday morning by Health Canada, paving the way for provinces and territories to start using the doses of the vaccine that were shipped to them last week.

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