Flu vaccine demand spikes


PETALING JAYA: While demand for flu vaccines have spiked following news of the death of an international celebrity due to influenza complications and the outbreak in Japan, there aren’t enough vaccines available at the moment.

Federation of Private Medical Practitioners Associations Malaysia president Dr Shanmuganathan TV Ganeson said general practitioners are seeing a spike in demand following the death of Taiwanese actress Barbie Hsu, 48, from a flu in Japan recently.

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