WHO recommends H1N1 be part of next seasonal flu vaccine

Via CNN, WHO latest press release with regards to influenza vaccination:

" The World Health Organization is recommending that the H1N1 flu virus that’s currently circulating be included in the next seasonal flu vaccine for the Northern Hemisphere.

The WHO meets twice a year to determine which flu strains are the most dominant and chooses three strains to include in the regular flu vaccine.

Based on recommendations from flu experts from around the world, it was decided at the meeting Thursday in Geneva, Switzerland, that the pandemic H1N1 influenza strain go into the vaccine for the coming fall and winter, according to the Special Adviser on Pandemic Influenza to Dr Keiji Fukuda, director-general of the WHO."

http://pagingdrgupta.blogs.cnn.com/2010/02/18/who-recommends-h1n1-be-part-of-next-seasonal-flu-vaccine/?hpt=Sbin

The pdf version from WHO:

http://www.who.int/csr/disease/influenza/201002_Recommendation.pdf