"Germany Orders 11 Million Smallpox Vaccine Doses"
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"Germany Orders 11 Million Smallpox Vaccine
Doses"
Reuters Health Information Services (www.reutershealth.com)
(10/14/02); Stafford, Ned
Germany is increasing its supplies of the
smallpox vaccine from 24 million doses to 35 million doses after a 26.8 million
euro purchase from Bavarian Nordic. The government hopes eventually to have
enough doses for all of its 82 million citizens. Current plans call for the
vaccine only to be utilized if a bioterrorist attack occurs. The German army
has reportedly bought 1 million doses of a smallpox pre-vaccination, which helps
reduce side effects and confer full protection.
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