Most unused swine flu vaccines to be destroyed, says minister

Most of the vaccines against swine flu purchased by the Czech state last year will be destroyed, the minister of health, Dana Jurásková, told reporters on Friday. Some will be kept as strategic supplies. The Czech Republic bought a million doses of the vaccine at a cost of CZK 220 million (around USD 10.3 million). However, only around 65,000 people in a country of 10 million had themselves inoculated against the disease.