LONDON (Reuters) - The British government plans to stockpile 2 million doses of vaccine to fight the H5N1 strain of bird flu which has hit Asia.
The vaccine will be used to protect key healthcare and emergency workers against a possible global flu pandemic, health minister Patricia Hewitt said in a statement on Wednesday.
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