U.S. to Get 1 Million Flu Vaccine Doses from Canadian Plant (Source: CBC News)
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The U.S. government is expected to announce Tuesday the purchase of up to five million doses of flu vaccine from Canadian and German plants to deal with their shortages.
Canadian flu shot manufacturer ID Biomedical will provide over a million doses. British drug manufacturer GlaxoSmithKline is expected to provide another four million doses from its German plant.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the vaccines after inspecting the facilities where they were made.
Aggie Adamczyk, a spokeswoman with the Public Health Agency of Canada, said demand in Canada for the flu vaccine has "levelled off" and that officials have secured enough supply to meet the current demand.