Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Tamiflu sales 74 times higher than usual

Tamiflu sales in New Zealand have reached 74,000 packets - 74 times more than normal winter sales.

Mr Knight said he shared concerns that swine flu could mutate with a Tamiflu-resistant strain of influenza.

"What nobody wants is a Tamiflu-resistant virus [to mix] with swine flu."

Environmental Science and Research virologist Sue Huang, head of the World Health Organisation national influenza centre in Upper Hutt, said earlier this week that scientists feared what would happen if swine flu mutated and developed resistance to Tamiflu.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/world/swine-flu/2532834/Tamiflu-sales-74-times-higher-than-usual
 
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