26 Feb 2010

Swine flu vaccine available soon

6:05 am on 26 February 2010

The Ministry of Health is making a pandemic vaccine available for early immunisation against swine flu.

The vaccine will be available to pregnant women, some children, and people aged under 65 who have certain health conditions or are morbidly obese.

It will also be offered to front-line healthcare workers.

The ministry says the usual seasonal influenza vaccination programme is on track to start early in March.