Netherlands destroying 17 million swine flu vaccine doses

July 29, 2010 by legitgov

Netherlands destroying 17 million swine flu vaccine doses 27 Jul 2010 The Netherlands is destroying more than 17 million unused doses of swine flu vaccine that were nearing their expiry date and that it could not resell, the health ministry said Tuesday. "We have started destroying" the vaccines, health ministry spokeswoman Inge Freriksen told AFP. "In the coming months, 17.8 million doses will be destroyed because the expiry date is approaching."