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April 13, 2001
“Ottawa Allows Use of Unlicensed Vaccine”
Calgary Herald (www.calgaryherald.com) (04/13/01) P. A11
In an effort to stem an outbreak of invasive meningitis in
Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canadian health officials will allow the use of
the Conjugate C meningococcal vaccine.
Already, seven people have been infected with the disease, including two
who died. The B.C. Center for Disease
Control will be able to acquire as many as 28,000 doses of the vaccine, which
has not been licensed for use in Canada.
The vaccine has, however, been used in the United Kingdom and is
stronger [more effective] than the polysaccharide vaccine licensed in
Canada. The decision is the first to
allow a not-yet-licensed vaccine in an immunization program in Canada.
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