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CDC: First Swine Flu Vaccines Will Be Nasal Spray

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Sep 18, 2009 2:51 pm US/Eastern

CDC: First Swine Flu Vaccines Will Be Nasal Spray

BOSTON (WBZ) ― Health officials say the first doses of swine flu vaccine will be the nasal spray version. 

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday that about 3.4 million doses of nasal spray vaccine will be available the first week of October.

"Of course, once vaccine deliveries begin, we expect a weekly flow of 20 million doses to be delivered through the end of the calendar year," Health and Human Services spokesman Bill Hall told WBZ in an email Friday.

The government expects 195 million doses will be shipped out by the end of the year, most of them shots.

Read: Gov't guidelines for businesses & H1N1 flu
Track: Flu updates for Mass.

The nasal spray is approved for ages 2 to 49.

It's not recommended for some of the people at most risk from severe swine flu complications. That includes pregnant women, children younger than 2, and people with asthma and other chronic respiratory diseases. 

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