NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
FOR WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION NO. 1124
DATE OF PUBLICATION IN INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: 04 SEPTEMBER 2009
(INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO. 14)
Mr M H Hoosen (ID) to ask the Minister of Health:
Whether his department has confirmed any orders of the vaccine for the H1N1
flu virus; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, (a) what is
the total number of orders placed and (b) which (i) countries and (ii)
companies are they being ordered from?
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REPLY:
No, the Department never confirmed any orders for the vaccine yet, however,
it held meetings with three vaccine manufactures, namely Sanofi-Pasteur,
GlaxoSmithKline South Africa and Novartis South Africa (Pty) Ltd. We plan
to procure 1 million doses of vaccine and divide it equally between the
manufacturers â we are in the process of entering into agreement with the
manufactures.
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