Sarkozy under fire on flu vaccine ‘fiasco’

Article reports that Nicolas Sarkozy, the French President, was at the centre of a political storm January 2010 after health authorities admitted they had a huge oversupply of vaccines for the H1N1 swine flu virus and were trying to sell them on to other countries.

France and the Netherlands have both joined countries including Germany, Spain and the UK in trying to reduce large orders for vaccines to which they committed in expectation of a pandemic.

France24, 3.1.10: France to sell off millions of surplus flu shots http://www.france24.com/en/20100103-france-sell-millions-surplus-swine-flu-vaccine-shots-h1n1

France24, 5.1.10: Sarkozy under fire on flu vaccine ‘fiasco’ http://www.france24.com/en/20100105-french-health-minister-cancellation-vaccines-swine-flu-health-roselyne-bachelot

ESO: Background information: France may close all schools over swine flu http://www.europeansources.info/record/france-may-close-all-schools-over-swine-flu/

ESO: Background information: Novel flu virus http://www.europeansources.info/record/novel-flu-virus/

EurActiv, 5.1.10: EU governments seek to offload flu vaccines http://www.euractiv.com/health/eu-governments-seek-offload-flu-news-223372

Deutsche Welle, 7.1.10: German states cancel swine flu vaccine orders http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,5098280,00.html

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