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Swine flu vaccine delays irk health officials

Criticism of delayed delivery of swine flu vaccinations continued to grown on Wednesday ahead of a so-called “vaccination summit” in Berlin.

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New German swine flu cases double in two days

The number of new swine flu cases has doubled in the last two days, national disease control and prevention agency the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) reported on Monday.

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Three more swine flu deaths include one previously healthy patient

Three more people died of the A/H1N1 virus in Germany on Friday, including for the first time, a person with no underlying health problems, authorities reported.

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Germany starts swine flu vaccinations

Several German states on Monday began offering mass vaccinations against swine flu in an attempt to head off a widespread epidemic this winter.

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Stubborn doctors told to get swine flu vaccine

The chairman of Germany's official vaccination committee (STIKO) has told doctors to have themselves immunised against the H1-N1 virus whatever their personal opinions on the vaccine, it emerged Saturday.

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Government should give special vaccine to at risk groups, medical authority says

The German Medical Association said Tuesday it was angered by reports that government workers will receive a special swine flu vaccination and said it should be given to high risk groups instead.