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The new H1N1 flu virus emerged in Mexico and has spread to 136 countries, according to WHO (Photo: Eneas De Troya)

60 million people need swine flu vaccine, Brussels warns

Sixty million Europeans will need priority vaccination against swine flu, EU health commissioner Androulla Vassiliou has said, warning that "there won't be vaccinations for everyone."

Speaking to Portuguese news agency Lusa after her visit to a health centre by the Portuguese town of Estoril, the Cypriot commissioner pointed out that the number of people across the EU most at risk from the new type of flu, A (H1N1), had been estimated at 60 million by Brussels' experts, according to AFP...

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The new H1N1 flu virus emerged in Mexico and has spread to 136 countries, according to WHO (Photo: Eneas De Troya)

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