Canada Still Determining Who Gets Flu Vaccine First

Pregnant women should be among the first people given the swine flu vaccine, American health officials recommended Wednesday, but Canadian health officials say they are holding off until at least September before finalizing any similar priority list. Photograph by: Lucy Nicholson, Reuters

From The Montreal Gazette:

OTTAWA — Pregnant women should be among the first people given the swine flu vaccine, American health officials recommended Wednesday, but Canadian health officials say they are holding off until at least September before finalizing any similar priority list.

Chief public health officer Dr. David Butler-Jones said Wednesday that discussions around a priority list are ongoing and there is still time for decisions to be made.

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