ISLAMABAD: Federal Health Minister Makhdoom Shahabuddin told the National Assembly on Tuesday that the swine flu vaccine would reach Pakistan within a week.
In contrast with the widely accepted medical opinion, he said, swine flu was not that harmful and could easily be cured adding sufficient medicine was available with the government to cure the virus.
“In Pakistan, the first case was detected in August 2009 and the government has taken the necessary preventive measures,” said Shahabuddin.
The health minister told the House that Tammy Flu, a curative capsule has
been distributed across the country and 50,000 capsules have been provided to Punjab, 30,000 to Sindh and 8,000 each to Balochistan and the NWFP.
He said the vaccine would reach Pakistan within one week, as only 12 companies in the world were manufacturing this preventive vaccine and supply it only to governments through the World Health Organisation, not any individual. Shahabuddin told the House that an awareness drive was being initiated to inform the general public about preventive measures.
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