The Nova Scotia government says the province’s influenza vaccine is not
affected by Ottawa’s stop-use order of flu shots made by Novartis.
Nova Scotia’s chief public health officer Dr. Robert Strang says the
province’s supply of the vaccine comes from other manufacturers and is safe.
On Friday, Health Canada asked flu shot maker Novartis to suspend
distribution of its influenza vaccine in Canada. The decision follows a similar
move by several European countries after Novartis revealed it had found
particles in some batches of its flu vaccines. Health Canada says the move is a
precautionary one, which has been taken to give Canada time to investigate the
situation. Novartis makes only about 20 per cent of Canada’s annual flu vaccine
purchase.
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