The reporter learned from the State Food and Drug Administration on the 3rd that the World Health Organization (WHO) established the strain for the production of the H1N1 flu vaccine on May 27 and has begun distributing it to China and other countries in the world to apply for a vaccine for this strain. Manufacturers, if the strains are shipped and produced smoothly, China is expected to produce the first batch of H1N1 influenza vaccine by the end of July.
Yin Hongzhang, director of the Department of Biological Products of the Pharmaceutical Registration Department of the Bureau of Drug Administration, said that currently there are 11 seasonal influenza vaccine manufacturers in China, and one of them has the qualification for pandemic influenza vaccine production. If influenza A (H1N1) is identified as seasonal influenza, 11 influenza vaccine manufacturers can immediately start production, and the first batch of vaccines will be produced at the end of July, with a production capacity of 3 million doses and an annual production capacity of 360 million doses; Influenza A H1N1 has been identified as a pandemic influenza. Only one company in China has the qualification for production. The first batch of vaccine production can reach 250,000 doses, and the annual production capacity is 27 million doses.
â–¡ Global situation
Assistant Director-General for Health, Safety and Environment, World Health Organization, Futian, said on the 2nd that the organization is “closer and closer†and declared the highest warning level for the pandemic H1N1 flu pandemic, that is, level 6, which means that level 6 appears. World H1N1 influenza outbreak.
According to the WHO influenza pandemic warning level determination standard, the highest level 6 refers to the spread of human-to-human transmission of the same type of influenza virus in two or more regions, which means that a global outbreak is occurring.
â–¡ Latest data
As of 11pm last night, the World Health Organization confirmed a total of 19,273 confirmed cases of influenza A H1N1 in 67 countries and regions in the world, including 117 deaths. Among them, China (including Hong Kong) announced 77 cases.