With same info as U.S., Britain avoids flu alarm

Posted on Sun, Oct. 17, 2004
The Associated Press
Chiron Corp.'s factory in Liverpool, England, was supposed to produce millions of doses of flu vaccine for the United States. But contamination problems arose at the plant in August, and this month the British government pulled its license.
With same info as U.S., Britain avoids flu alarm
By MIKE McGRAW and DAVID GOLDSTEIN
The Kansas City Star
http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/local/9938907.htm?1c
LIVERPOOL, England — At a public clinic, almost in the shadow of the Chiron plant near the Mersey River, a poster says to “make an appointment today for your free flu jab.”
Flu vaccine may be delayed in some places, but the shortage America sees is not expected in En-land, thanks in part to early action by British health officials....