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US President Barack Obama told on Thursday that 10% of the H1N1 vaccine it receives will be shared with other nations. This step has been taken by the US as a measure for countering the pandemic.
The White House said that countries, which require the vaccine, can avail it from the World Health Organization. The statement issue by White House told that this step has been taken recognising the fact that “diseases know no borders, and the health of the American people is inseparable from the health of people around the world,"
The vaccine will be made available on a rolling basis in cooperation with Australia, Brazil, France, Italy, New Zealand, Norway, Switzerland and Britain.
The WHO reports that more that 277,607 people have been infected by swine flu across the globe with the deadly virus claiming 3,000 plus lives.
The US Food and Drug Administration had given the approval for a vaccine which has been designed to protect against swine flu and hopes to make it available within a month.
The vaccine, which has been manufactured by four different drug companies, has been approved by the US regulator. The regulator has mentioned that the first lots of the swine flu vaccine will be delivered to the US over a period of next four weeks.
The H1N1 vaccine produces immunity within eight to 10 days of the injection.
