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The state has not given UHS many details about the arrival date of the vaccine or how much vaccine will be provided initially, beyond a promise that the vaccine would arrive “soon,” Rosenthal said, though he expects to receive a limited amount of the...
Harvard University Health Services expects its first delivery of H1N1 influenza vaccine to arrive in about two or three weeks, although the number of people being diagnosed with influenza-like illnesses at UHS has declined slightly this week, according to UHS officials.
When the vaccine arrives, UHS will first distribute it to groups designated as high-priority by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention—including pregnant women, medical services personnel, and caretakers of young children—said UHS Director David S. Rosenthal ’59.
“Everyone wants to get it and will be clamoring for it,” Rosenthal said of the H1N1 vaccine. “If we have a limited supply, we need to make sure we get it to people who are high-risk first.?...
Massachusetts is not yet distributing injectable H1N1 vaccine, though the state has been giving out an intranasal spray vaccine with live H1N1 flu virus. Rosenthal said that UHS has only ordered injectable vaccines with dead virus because live virus is not safe for use in high-risk groups.