In an interview yesterday, Brostom said Public Health is expecting 4,000 doses of flu shots for the common flu.
The shots may be available by October, but there’s no definite date yet for the availability of the vaccine against A(H1N1).
With the outbreak of A (H1N1) virus a few months ago, health institutions all over the world have learned very important lessons, Brostrom said.
“What the A(H1N1) flu outbreak has taught us is that we should pay serious attention to the flu regardless of its kind,” he said.
The A(H1N1) flu, he noted, kills two people everyday while the common flu kills seven.
This suggests that the A(H1N1) flu pandemic should not cause panic, he added.
No A(H1N1) case has been reported in the CNMI yet but Public Health continues to implement precautionary measures by keeping in touch with the public and educating them about the flu, he said.
