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Saturday, November 21, 2009 9:41 PM

Published 11/04/2009 by Sympatico


Ontario's top MD defends flu shot goal

In order to reach that mark - floated by Ontario Health Minister Deb Matthews Monday - the province would have to vaccinate 300,000 people a day.

When asked by a reporter at a Tuesday news conference if health officials can reasonably vaccinate people at that rate, Dr....

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Ontario says it plans to give 2 million H1N1 fl...
Ontario hopes to administer two million H1N1 shots by the end of the week. (Canadian Press) The province of Ontario says it wants to get more than two million high-risk ... - [11/04/2009 - CBC]
Canada: Native communities still wait for shots
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Vaccine is too little too late for many living on Northern Ontario reservesEmailPlease enter a valid e-mail addressPlease enter a comma delimited list of valid e-mail ... - [11/04/2009 - Globe and Mail]

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...enough clinics. "Now they're stuck trying to play with the numbers to convince the people of this province that by the end of the week they'll have it under control, and I don't believe they will" said NDP Leader Andrea...
Ontario's top MD defends flu shot goal [Sympatico - 11/04/2009]
...since April. "This is a rate of 2.6 deaths for every million people, King said. 'To date, 639 confirmed cases have been hospitalized, representing a rate of 4.9 hospitalizations per 100,000 people.' King said swine flu activity is higher than what is normally seen at the peak of flu season, and also higher than during the first wave of the virus in June."
Ontario's top MD defends flu shot goal [Sympatico - 11/04/2009]

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