Canadian vaccine supplier won't sell surplus to U-S
MONTREAL Canada's main supplier of the flu vaccine has announced it won't sell surplus doses to the U-S -- at the request of the Canadian government. For months, the Vancouver-based company had been in negotiations with American health officials eager to snap up the more than one-point-two (m) million shots
But then came a rush on flu shots in Canada, in part fueled by media coverage of the shortage south of the border.
That's prompted Canadian health officials to conserve their supply -- and keep a stockpile of vaccine in case demand surges again as the flu season progresses.
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