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Denmark raises fence on German border to prevent swine fever

Mon, 28 Jan 2019 15:13:33 +0100

In a bid to protect its pork industry, Denmark began building a fence on Monday along its border with Germany to keep out wild boar infected with the African swine fever virus.

Unused swine flu vaccine goes up in smoke

Tue, 29 Nov 2011 11:12:00 +0100

Around €250 million worth of swine flu vaccine was due to go up in smoke on Tuesday – as Germany disposed of 16 million doses that people refused to take during last year’s outbreak of the potentially deadly virus.

Swine flu vaccine worth €250 mln to be destroyed

Wed, 17 Aug 2011 13:13:00 +0200

German health authorities are making arrangements to burn around 15 tonnes of swine flu vaccine worth around €250 million which people refused to take, and is now past its use-by date.

Return of swine flu prompts calls for more vaccinations

Sun, 09 Jan 2011 11:35:00 +0100

The swine flu virus H1N1 has established itself in Germany and is part of the current flu season, prompting medics to advise people at risk to get vaccinated.

German tourist dies of swine flu in Austria

Thu, 06 Jan 2011 09:07:00 +0100

A German tourist infected with swine flu died on New Year's Day in the Austrian town of Saalbach near Salzburg, a health official said Wednesday.

Swine flu kills two

Mon, 03 Jan 2011 15:25:00 +0100

Two people have died from swine flu in the German state of Lower Saxony, state officials announced on Monday.

Rösler will not help out states with swine flu vaccine costs

Sun, 15 Aug 2010 16:29:00 +0200

Most people in Germany did not get themselves inoculated against the swine flu last year, leaving the country's federal states sitting on millions of euros worth of stocks of the vaccine.

Millions of swine flu shots wasted

Fri, 07 May 2010 10:02:00 +0200

Germany is stuck with €250 million worth of swine flu vaccine ordered during the height of the flu panic last winter but never used because the mass immunisation campaign was a failure, according to a Friday media report.

States only want half as much swine flu vaccine

Wed, 30 Dec 2009 16:02:00 +0100

The health ministers of Germany's states said Wednesday they only need half of the 50 million vaccine doses previously ordered.

Swine flu threat continues as Germans opt out of vaccine

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 10:00:00 +0100

The Robert Koch Institute (RKI), Germany’s centre for disease control and prevention, on Monday warned Germans hesitant to get immunised that the swine flu epidemic is not finished yet.

First wave of swine flu has probably passed

Sun, 29 Nov 2009 15:36:00 +0100

The first wave of swine flu, which has killed at least 59 people in Germany, appears to be subsiding, doctors told news magazine Der Spiegel in a report published Saturday.

Officials say deaths not caused by swine flu shot

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:47:00 +0100

German health officials on Thursday took the unusual step of debunking speculation that several recent deaths were caused by immunisations against swine flu.

Swine flu kills two in Bavaria

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 09:40:00 +0100

German health authorities on Monday confirmed the deaths of two men in Bavaria from swine flu, but a 55-year-old from the eastern German state of Thuringia did not die after being immunised for the H1N1 virus as had been originally feared.

Swine flu vaccine delays irk health officials

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:06:00 +0100

Criticism of delayed delivery of swine flu vaccinations continued to grown on Wednesday ahead of a so-called “vaccination summit” in Berlin.

Man suffers life-threatening reaction to swine flu vaccine

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 09:28:00 +0100

A 30-year-old in Düsseldorf has been the first German patient to suffer life-threatening health complications from a swine flu vaccination, daily Rheinische Post reported on Wednesday.

New German swine flu cases double in two days

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:01:00 +0100

The number of new swine flu cases has doubled in the last two days, national disease control and prevention agency the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) reported on Monday.

Germany starts swine flu vaccinations

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 11:16:00 +0100

Several German states on Monday began offering mass vaccinations against swine flu in an attempt to head off a widespread epidemic this winter.

Stubborn doctors told to get swine flu vaccine

Sat, 24 Oct 2009 13:26:00 +0200

The chairman of Germany's official vaccination committee (STIKO) has told doctors to have themselves immunised against the H1-N1 virus whatever their personal opinions on the vaccine, it emerged Saturday.

Merkel to get swine flu vaccine for 'the public'

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 14:08:00 +0200

A row in Germany over a "two-tier" swine flu vaccination programme has prompted Chancellor Angela Merkel to say she'll get the jab meant for the public rather than one reserved for "essential workers."

Government should give special vaccine to at risk groups, medical authority says

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 11:00:00 +0200

The German Medical Association said Tuesday it was angered by reports that government workers will receive a special swine flu vaccination and said it should be given to high risk groups instead.