Flu vaccine not sold at retail yet - minister.

MOSCOW, November 22 (Itar-Tass) - Russian Minister of Public Health
and Social Development Tatyana Golikova on Saturday warned people in
connection with advertisements offering "private vaccinations" against
H1N1 flu strain.
The minister said at the present moment all Russian enterprises
producing this vaccine supply it only for needs of the state and it is not
sold at retail as of yet. Vaccination proceeds as scheduled and is free of
charge, she told the Saturday news programme at Rossiya television.
The minister also said the General Prosecutor's Office, the Federal
Anti-Monopoly Service and the Roszdravnadzor Federal Service on
Surveillance in healthcare and Social Development are looking into
overpricing of protective masks and anti-flu medicines.
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