Via Hurriyet Daily News: Turkey in talks to return unused swine flu vaccines. Excerpt:
Turkey has held talks with pharmaceutical companies to return unused swine flu vaccines after the H1N1 virus was reported to be gradually decreasing within the country.
Turkish Health Minister Recep Akdağ said on Tuesday that Turkey had ordered 43 million doses last year but ended up buying only 17 million doses.
"We held talks with manufacturers to give a significant part back," Akdağ said. "However, we will keep 2-3 million doses in reserve for emergencies."
In January, Akdağ said the H1N1 virus, commonly known as swine flu, killed over 600 people in Turkey this winter. Now he said, "The swine flu pandemic has almost petered out in Turkey."
The number of deaths caused by swine flu was 415 in Turkey as of mid-December when the health ministry officials last announced the number of deaths.It's interesting that the Turkish government simply stopped talking about H1N1 deaths while another 200 persons died in a matter of weeks.
