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1.5M per day getting swine flu vaccine in China

Originally published: November 18, 2009 11:28 PM
Updated: November 19, 2009 9:24 AM
By The Associated Press  WILL WEISSERT (Associated Press Writer)

Quick ReadChina health minister says 1.5M a day getting swine flu vaccine, defends foreigner quarantines

HAVANA (AP) — China's health minister said Wednesday his country is vaccinating 1.5 million people a day against swine flu, part of a mammoth effort to reach nearly 7 percent of inhabitants of the world's most populous country by year's end.

Chen Zhu told The Associated Press that more than 15 million Chinese have been immunized so far.

He also defended China's aggressive quarantine...

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