Minister insists on need to vaccinate health workers against swine flu

PALMA
HEALTH workers in the Balearic Islands must be vaccinated against the H1N1 virus, said regional Health Minister, Vicenc Thomas, yesterday.
Thomas was responding to questions about the reticence of health workers to be vaccinated. He claimed it was essential firstly to lessen the likelihood of them catching the virus and secondly to stop them passing on swine flu to people in hospital whose immune systems are weak.