Minister of Health Hatem el-Gabli said on 31/10/2008 that a nation wide campaign have been launched to combat the deadly bird flu virus. The Ministry exerts strenuous efforts to produce vaccines before the outbreak of the virus, el Gabali added.

"No vaccine strains have been produced until now around the world. It takes four years to grow vaccine strains in laboratories before they can be circulated and this underlines the importance of increasing research efforts in this field", el Gabali added.

1/11/2008