{"id":8062,"date":"2025-02-19T13:09:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-19T18:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stillcoviding.ca\/en\/?p=8062"},"modified":"2025-02-19T18:46:32","modified_gmt":"2025-02-19T23:46:32","slug":"canada-buys-500000-doses-of-h5n1-avian-influenza-vaccine-for-those-most-at-risk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stillcoviding.ca\/en\/news\/canada-buys-500000-doses-of-h5n1-avian-influenza-vaccine-for-those-most-at-risk\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada buys 500,000 doses of H5N1 avian influenza vaccine for those most at risk"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Public Health Agency of Canada said Wednesday it\u2019s purchased 500,000 doses of a human vaccine to protect against avian influenza for those most at risk from being exposed to the virus by infected animals.<\/p>\n

The agency said it secured the initial supply of GSK\u2019s Arepanrix H5N1 A\/America vaccine by leveraging an existing agreement.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile the current risk to the public remains low, individuals with higher-level exposure to infected animals are at increased risk and should take appropriate precautions,\u201d the agency said<\/a> in a statement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Public Health Agency of Canada said Wednesday it\u2019s purchased 500,000 doses of a human vaccine to protect against avian influenza for those most at risk from being exposed to the virus by infected animals.<\/p>\n

The agency said it secured the initial supply of GSK\u2019s Arepanrix H5N1 A\/America vaccine by leveraging an existing agreement.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile the current risk to the public remains low, individuals with higher-level exposure to infected animals are at increased risk and should take appropriate precautions,\u201d the agency said<\/a> in a statement.<\/p>\n

Continue readingCanada buys 500,000 doses of H5N1 avian influenza vaccine for those most at risk<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[1007,1009,83,96,1008,304,258,15],"class_list":["post-8062","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-avian-flu","tag-bird-flu","tag-british-columbia","tag-canada","tag-h5n1","tag-outbreaks","tag-public-health-agency-of-canada","tag-vaccines","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stillcoviding.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8062","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stillcoviding.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stillcoviding.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stillcoviding.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stillcoviding.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8062"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/stillcoviding.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8062\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8066,"href":"https:\/\/stillcoviding.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8062\/revisions\/8066"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stillcoviding.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8062"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stillcoviding.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8062"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stillcoviding.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8062"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}