The Health Minister of Egypt on Monday announced the country plans to manufacture its own H1N1 vaccine by 2011, Reuters reports. Until then, however, the country has ordered 5 million doses of the vaccine and requested 15 million additional doses from the WHO (Blair, 10/12).

Tanzania Reports First East African H1N1-Related Death 

In an effort to stop the spread of H1N1 in Tanzania, health officials have quarantined 50 people following the region's first H1N1-related death, IRIN reports (10/12).

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