"Germany Has 100 Million Smallpox Vaccine Injections Ready for Population"
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"Germany Has 100 Million Smallpox Vaccine
Injections Ready for Population" AFX News (www.afxpress.com)
(11/17/02)
Germany has collected 100 million doses of
smallpox vaccine, which is enough to protect its entire population, according to
a report in the weekly news magazine Focus. Germany designed a bioterrorism
response plan that involves 500,000 firefighters and 800,000 other personnel
working in clinics vaccinating Germany's 82 million residents. The vaccine
stocks have already been distributed throughout the country, to facilitate the
response plan in case of a bioterrorist attack.
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