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France unloading swine flu vaccine stockpile

Posted: Jan 4, 2010 9:54 AM by Bea Karnes
Updated: Jan 4, 2010 9:54 AM

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France is trying to sell off excess doses of swine flu vaccine.

The population of France is just 62-million, but the country purchased 94-million doses of the vaccine. Used so far: 5-million.

Qatar has agreed to buy 300,000 doses, while Egypt and Ukraine have also expressed an interest.

Germany, the Netherlands and Switzerland also have a surplus of the vaccine.

Topics: swine flu, h1n1 influenza, vaccine, france, population, qatar, the netherlands, egypt, germany

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