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Thursday, April 15, 2010

Singapore : Singapore public urged to immunize with new influenza vaccine

Via Xinhua, Singapore's vaccination drive is being stepped up.

" Experts in Singapore on Wednesday urged the country's public to use a new three-in-one vaccine against influenza, which will be available late April.

According to Channel NewsAsia reports on Wednesday night, local experts said that this is because the old vaccines do not work well against new circulating influenza strains.

"Unfortunately, old vaccinations cannot protect against potential circulating new strains and that's why we have a new composition in the coming vaccine production," said Professor Leo Yee Sin, clinical director of the country's Communicable Disease Center.

Leo added that there is a good long time period for people to consider to go for vaccination as the coming vaccine production has exactly the same composition as the year-end production.

Every year, the World Health Organization will predict the three influenza strains which are predominant. Manufacturers will then produce new vaccines based on the predictions."

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