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Limited H1N1 vaccines are now available.
The declaration, signed Friday night and announced Saturday, comes with the rates of illness are rising rapidly in many areas and production delays undercutting the government's initial, optimistic estimates that as many as 120 million doses of the vaccine could be available by mid-October. He said the pandemic keeps evolving and there's a potential "to overburden health care resources." Priority groups for the vaccine include:
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