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Media Roundup
(Volume 26, No. 513)
Local company produces flu vaccine
FAME Pharmaceutical, a local company based in Yangon, has successfully produced a A(H1N1) vaccine, Flower News reported on March 2.
The medicine was produced using Shikimic acid extracted from the Chinese star anise. The acid helps prevent the spread of the A(H1N1) virus, said U Tin Maung Aye, a director of Fame Pharmaceutical.
Roche, an international pharmaceutical company, produces the Tamiflu vaccine based on the Oseltamivir compound derived from the Chinese star anise.
“The [production] method will be different. But we are producing a similar formula to Tamiflu. It can be used even before A(H1N1) symptoms are diagnosed as a preventative measure,” U Tin Maung Aye said.
Workers to register at border offices
THE Ministry of Labour is organising for migrant workers seeking employ-ment in Thailand to register at labour offices in Myawaddy in Kayin State, Kawthoung in Tanintharyi Division and Tachileik in Shan State, 7-Day News reported on March 4, quoting a Special Branch official.
The temporary passport offices opened in these cities on February 22, the official said. Workers who have an official registration card for foreign employment will be issued with a passport within two weeks of applying, the official said.
Those who successfully complete an interview and pass a medical checkup will be eligible to work in Thailand if they have an agreement with an employer. The program is being carr-ied out under an agreement between the two governments, the report said.
WHO to provide 4m A(H1N1) vaccines
THE World Health Organisation (WHO) has pledged to provide A(H1N1) vaccines for nearly four million people in Myanmar free of charge, Myanmar Newsweek reported on March 4.
Since the beginning of 2010, A(H1N1) has appeared in townships Chin State, Shan State and Yangon Division and is most prevalent in Tarmwe, Bahan, East Dagon, North Dagon, Shwe Pyi Thar, Hmawbi and Hlaing Tharyar townships in Yangon.
At the end of February, the WHO sent more than 900,000 A(H1N1) vaccines to Myanmar. The organis-ation says it will deliver another three million vaccines as a second batch. These vaccines have been supplied to the Ministry of Health and will be administered to those most at risk of the disease.
