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Dominica Urged to Continue Providing Vaccinations for Both Seasonal Flu and the H1N1 Virus, and to Continue the Heightened State of Readiness for Early Detection

By Dominica News ⋅ March 8, 2010 ⋅  Print This Post ⋅ Post a comment

Q95News - Chief Medical Officer, Dr. David Johnson says the Influenza A H1N1 virus is still being monitored by health officials in Dominica. He says though the virus is no longer a major cause of concern, surveillance continues and persons are still being tested, but test results at this time are largely showing to be negative, and meanwhile, an H1N1 pandemic influenza plan has been developed.

Meantime, PAHO/WHO Representative, Dr. Gina Watson, says though the pandemic has reduced, they continue to urge countries to pursue vaccinations for seasonal flu and H1N1 as they cannot assure that there won’t be a possible strong wave coming ahead

Tags: Conditions and Diseases, David Johnson, Flu season, Health, Infectious disease, Influenza, Influenza A virus subtype H1N1, Viral