The swine flu vaccination campaign has fallen silent in Luxembourg as it seems to have now done world-wide.  So just how is the vaccination going in the Grand Duchy and what is the current situation?

The H1N1 vaccine in Luxembourg has not been administered anywhere near the figure that the government calculated.   From an order of 700,000 doses in storage, only 50,000, vaccines were administered, that is equal to one fourteenth.

Health Minster, Mars di Bartolomeo, stated that there will still be a stock kept in Luxembourg as a security measure should a new wave of swine-flu hit the country; however the Grand Duchy is also in negotiations with the World Health Organisation to donate a portion of the vaccines.

There are actually 2 components to the vaccine: The “adjuvant”, i.e. the active amplifier and the more expensive component of the two and can be kept for at least four to five years and be used for an entirely different virus.  The other “antigen” can be kept for 18 months.

In an interview with ADR Radio, Mars Di Bartolomeo stated that the vaccination campaign was also far from over and therefore, it was not possible to publish all the exact number of previously vaccinated.