Photo: Quebec's chief public health officer, Dr. Alain Poirier, says Quebec may shelve its traditional fall influenza vaccination campaign to focus on swine flu. (CBC)From The CBC:
More than 11 million doses of swine flu vaccine will be available in Quebec, free to any resident who wants it, provincial Health Minister Yves Bolduc said Thursday.
Bolduc made the comments in Winnipeg, where the federal and provincial health ministers were meeting to prepare a strategy to prevent the spread of the H1N1 influenza virus.
Meanwhile, public health authorities in Quebec said the province could shelve its traditional fall influenza vaccination campaign to focus on preventing swine flu.
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Update #1: Quebec plans vaccination blitz for November -- Montreal Gazette
Update #2: Quebec ready for swine flu -- CTV
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