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Published 11/02/2009 by Jerusalem Post


PM calls on Israelis to get H1N1 vaccine

Article's topics: Swine Flu, Binyamin Netanyahu, Yaakov Litzman

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and senior Health Ministry officials on Monday put all their weight behind their national campaign for vaccination against the H1N1 flu virus, which since April has reportedly led to the deaths of 39 Israelis, most...

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...said that the aim "is that Israeli citizens will enjoy the protection offered by the vaccine. It is the job of the government to allocate resources, and we decided to fund the vaccines and forgo other expenditures. Now it is the citizens' job to go and get vaccinated and observe rules of good hygiene. I believe [that way] we can get through this winter safely."
PM calls on Israelis to get H1N1 vaccine [Jerusalem Post - 11/02/2009]
...Litzman declared: "In the beginning, we were accused of not making sure there were enough doses of vaccine, and as time went along critics argued that we bought to many. In any case, we are used to absorbing criticism." While the ministry...
PM calls on Israelis to get H1N1 vaccine [Jerusalem Post - 11/02/2009]
...usually milder). "We don't know who is liable to be infected, but the vaccine is the most efficient way to prevent the disease." The vaccine offers...
PM calls on Israelis to get H1N1 vaccine [Jerusalem Post - 11/02/2009]

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