The free H1N1 vaccine program will roll out in Tianjin on Thursday for people with high risk of catching the deadly flu, the Tianjin Health Bureau said.
They said the first shipment of 200,000 doses of vaccines has arrived in Tianjin, with another 540,000 doses, allocated to the municipality by the Ministry of Health, expected to arrive by March, 2010.
Work on setting up vaccination sites and training the vaccine administrators has begun, according to the bureau.
The national regulation on H1N1 vaccines will give priority to students and teaching staff of all local middle and primary schools; medical staff; public servants from the railway, civil aviation and transportation sectors; civil servants at key public departments, adults with chronicle medical conditions and elderly people above 60 years old.
“The second wave of the H1N1 flu pandemic has arrived”, warned Zhang Zhilun, a public heath expert with the Tianjin Municipal Disease Control and Prevention.
Tianjin has reported 223 cases of H1N1 flu as of Friday and most of those affected are students.
