KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 9 -- Health Minister Datuk Seri Dzulkefly Ahmad said there was no cause for worry over the shortage of certain flu vaccines, explaining that alternatives were available and resupplies were set to arrive next month.
According to The Star, the minister also said pharmaceutical firms were also adjusting future orders to mitigate.
"There was a high uptake globally. They informed me that they have run out of stock, but it will be restocked in early March," he was quoted as saying.
"They are, however, planning to switch to trivalent inactivated influenza vaccines (TIV) come September this year,"
As the name implies, TIV protect against three influenza strains, typically H1N1 and H3N2 from the influenza A family, and one str...