More headed to HK for flu jabs

SHENZHEN: The worsening H1N1 flu situation is prompting some local residents to pay for vaccines in the neighboring city of Hong Kong when they become available next month.

So far, Shenzhen's free H1N1 flu vaccine program, which was launched at the end of last month, only covers medical staff and frontline workers in the fields of quarantine, immigration, customs, public security and transportation, as well as teachers and students.

Everyone else might be able to benefit from the free program by next April, but that is heavily dependent on the supply of the vaccine, government sources have said.