23, 000 people vaccinated against swine flu in Azerbaijan's capital

Nearly 23,000 people have been vaccinated against H1N1 virus (swine flu) in Azerbaijan’s capital, chief of Health Ministry’s sanitary-epidemiology control sector Viktor Gasimov said.

He said 4,500 in Sumgayit and 500 people in Absheron have been vaccinated against swine flu.

Gasimov noted that vaccination was also being carried out in other regions of the country.

The process of vaccination will end in the country in mid-Feb.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has sent 172,000 dozes of swine flu vaccines to Azerbaijan.

The first part of the vaccines - 90,000 dozes were brought to the country on Jan. 8, the second part – 82, 000 doses on Jan. 14.

/APA/