Japan Institutions Hampered By Healthy Seeking H1N1 Flu Tests
This article was originally published in PharmAsia News
Executive Summary
Japanese medical institutions are seeing an influx of healthy people seeking a test against the H1N1 flu, delaying the nation's effort to treat patients who already have symptoms
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Japanese medical institutions are seeing an influx of healthy people seeking a test against the H1N1 flu, delaying the nation's effort to treat patients who already have symptoms. Physicians said giving the tests to obviously healthy people also could expose them to catching the flu at medical institutions with flu patients. The increasing demand apparently has been spurred by public-service announcements to get people who are on the priority vaccination list to get tested. (Click here for more) "Healthy People Rushing To Get Flu Tests" - Daily Yomiuri (Japan) (9/16/09) |