[Pandemic] UK to stockpile 2 mln doses of bird flu vaccine

Source: Reuters

LONDON, July 20 (Reuters) - The British government plans to stockpile 2 million doses of vaccine to fight the H5N1 strain of bird flu which has hit Asia.

The vaccine will be used to protect key healthcare and emergency workers against a possible global flu pandemic, health minister Patricia Hewitt said in a statement on Wednesday.

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