UAE orders 1m 'flu masks'
- United Arab Emirates: Thursday, May 28 - 2009 at 10:57
Dr Hany Sokar, general manager of Al Baker Trading, the UAE distributor for GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) products, has said that the Ministry of Health has placed an order with GSK for one million respiratory masks amidst reports of high demand after the country's confirmation of the first case of influenza A (H1N1), Khaleej Times has reported. The ministry has also scaled up its order for Relenza (zanamivir phosphate) by an additional one million packets, in addition to the swine flu vaccine that GSK is preparing to manufacture.
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