At the same time, WHOand its partnersrecommend reactive massvaccinationstargeted at the highest risk groups: usuallypeople between the ages of 2and 30years.
Australia's defenses against the outbreak of the H1N1 virus will be boosted when mass flu vaccinations start next month after officials fast-tracked a scheme capable of covering it's entire population of 21 million people.
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Among the preparations are plans for massvaccinations, he said.
The goal of the pilot program was to evaluate how long it would take to vaccinate a community in the event that massvaccinations (from a flu pandemic) were required in a short period of time.