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The U.S. will start administering the first doses of a nasal spray version of the swine flu vaccine early next week, health officials say.
The FluMist nasal spray is approved for people aged two to 49 who do not have asthma, said Dr. Anne Schuchat of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The first 600,000 doses of the nasal spray will be shared by 21 states and four large cities by Tuesday. Smaller shipments will be delivered later in the week. The amount of vaccine that is available and who receives it will change weekly, Schuchat said.
Canada expects to start administering GlaxoSmithKline's H1N1 vaccine in early to mid-November. Provinces and territories have different plans for giving out seasonal and H1N1 shots.
On Thursday, Ontario Health Minister David Caplan urged the federal government to speed up licensing of the H1N1 vaccine as the U.S. has done.
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