UK: GPs will lead UK’s swine flu vaccination campaign

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Published 15 July 2009, doi:10.1136/bmj.b2879

Cite this as: BMJ 2009;339:b2879

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GPs will lead UK’s swine flu vaccination campaign

O’Dowd

1 London

The first 150 words of the full text of this article appear below.

The government is planning a large scale but non-compulsory campaign of

vaccination against the A/H1N1 virus.

The news comes as the virus continues to spread around the country and as

confirmation came that the first health professional, a Bedfordshire GP, had

died from the infection.

Day died on Saturday 11 July at the Luton and Dunstable Hospital. A

swab test confirmed that Dr Day had the virus, but the cause of his death is

still unknown. An apparently healthy 6 year old girl also died last week.

The World Health Organization’s latest update on Monday 6 July gave worldwide

figures of 94 512 confirmed cases and 429 deaths.

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" apparently healthy " girl. Was she, though? Was she vaccinated? Was she given

Tamiflu?

Winnie

UK: GPs will lead UK’s swine flu vaccination campaign

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> Http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/short/339/jul15_1/b2879?rss=1

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> Published 15 July 2009, doi:10.1136/bmj.b2879

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> Cite this as: BMJ 2009;339:b2879

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> News

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> GPs will lead UK’s swine flu vaccination campaign

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> O’Dowd

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> 1 London

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> The first 150 words of the full text of this article appear below.

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> The government is planning a large scale but non-compulsory

> campaign of

> vaccination against the A/H1N1 virus.

>

> The news comes as the virus continues to spread around the

> country and as

> confirmation came that the first health professional, a

> Bedfordshire GP, had

> died from the infection.

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> Day died on Saturday 11 July at the Luton and Dunstable

> Hospital. A

> swab test confirmed that Dr Day had the virus, but the cause of

> his death is

> still unknown. An apparently healthy 6 year old girl also died

> last week.

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> The World Health Organization’s latest update on Monday 6 July

> gave worldwide figures of 94 512 confirmed cases and 429 deaths.

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