Ministry of Health may change vaccination strategy

The Ministry of Health announced on Monday that it was considering a change in its distribution strategy for the swine flu vaccine. Since every second patient eligible to receive the vaccine has reportedly refused it, the ministry may leave it up to doctors and vaccination centers to determine who can receive the shot, so that a wider segment of the population can have access to it. The daily newspaper Mladá fronta Dnes reported on Monday that the reason for this change is the fact that so far, the supply, which cost a total of 220 million crowns, isn’t being used. Another delivery of the vaccine is expected to reach the Czech Republic in a few days.