Vendor-step production of H1N1 vaccine

So far, up to 5.7 million Americans infected with influenza virus H1N1 is widespread in 48 states, an unprecedented level for the first few weeks of the flu season. However, the supply of H1N1 vaccine is still far from what the authorities had estimated would be available, so that attempts to health departments, clinics and doctors around the country, the people vaccinated with an increased risk of complications educate. Officials initially said that 120 million doses at 1 October would be available. This number was later changed to 40 million, but on Friday, was delivered only 26.6 million doses. Even President Barack Obama's frustration at the delays, and Senators Joseph Lieberman and Susan Collins in a letter to Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius requires details of the delay in production.

Saturday Sebelius said that if the initial estimates that were on "overly optimistic projections of the five vaccine manufacturers on behalf of the U.S. market, and offered assurances that increased production and a further 10 million doses to arrive next week." The vaccine begins to run at high volume. It is distributed as soon as it leaves the channel, he said. "It must be sent overnight. We get those growers seven days a week."

David Axel rod, Advisor to President Barack Obama, reaffirmed that the government is the public what was said by the manufacturers of vaccines, but it said the problem is improving every day, and predicted that the U.S. want all of H1N1 vaccine requires a definition of "very short".

Meanwhile, the Pentagon announced its decision, the prisoners in groups are against H1N1, will be vaccinated as a priority, including the detention center for suspected terrorists at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. His decision was the assessment from the U.S. government that prisoners in custody at high risk of pandemic. However, the decision was criticized by lawmakers of both parties. "I do not think that this is a good idea," said Minority Leader John Boehner give to the shooting of detainees in Guantanamo. "The government believes it is likely to be either not very popular, so that we announced on Friday evening. We have taken in my home county that while H1N1 vaccines are vulnerable people who want the shots to get, they can not get . I think it's wrong. "

Sebelius said the United States plans to still participate in the 11-nation program to 10 percent of the supply of vaccines for developing countries to donate, but only after the priority of the population, had not been vaccinated. "The first priority is to get the vaccine to the American people," he said. "That was always the plan." Neither S nor the plan. "He emphasized, however, that the vaccines in developing countries and refugee camps, where hundreds of thousands of people could die from the major flu.

Worldwide, more than 5700 deaths were related to the H1N1 reported World Health Organization (WHO), 25 October. At least 1,300 Americans have the virus died, including 114 children.