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Panama waits for 200,000 dosages of vaccines to prevent the A(H1N1) influenza, to arrive before the end of February, chief of Epidemiology of the Panamanian Health Ministry, Gladys Guerrero said on Tuesday.

The purchase of the vaccines was done through the Pan American Health Organization, and it is part of a pack bought by the Panamanian government to be used with the groups of most vulnerable people.

Guerrero said that the first to get these vaccines will be those children under five years old, the senior citizens and those patients with chronic diseases.

Guerrero said that last year the country received 100,000 vaccines, and 83 percent of them were already used during the first stage of sanitary campaign. (PNA/Xinhua)
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