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Thu 11 Nov 2009Swine flu vaccination plan to take months
IT COULD take from six to eight months to vaccinate the entire population for swine flu, Minister for Health Mary Harney told the Dáil.
She said a typical HSE vaccination clinic would comprise at least one doctor, six nurses and appropriate support staff. “It will have the capacity to vaccinate up to 500 people daily, but the numbers vaccinated at the clinics will clearly depend on the demand from the public for the service.’’
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