Qatar moots cancellation of H1N1 vaccine orders

Qatar's Supreme Council of Health (SCH) has decided to cancel orders for 620,000 doses of the H1N1 vaccine and replace them with orders for other medicines, the Peninsula has reported. The move follows a drastic fall in the number of H1N1 influenza cases in the country and a tepid public response to the ongoing vaccination campaign. Qatar had placed orders with leading international pharmaceutical companies for a total of 1.5m doses of the H1N1 vaccine, of which 500,000 doses have already been delivered.