vIndianz.com (Oct. 21, 2009) — The postal strike intimidates to challenge hard work to immunize 11 million citizens against swine flu, Sir Liam Donaldson, the Government’s chief medical officer, has said. Sir Liam said the establishment was operational on contingency tactics to make certain susceptible people would still be able to collect announcement of their schedule.
About 120,000 members of the Communication Workers Union are set to walk out on Thursday and Friday in the long-running row with the Royal Mail over pay, jobs and working circumstances. Their strike coincides with the commencement of a programme to vaccinate health care professionals, pregnant women and others whose medical circumstances make them more susceptible to the swine flu virus.
This week will see doctors, nurses and other medical staff receives their jabs but next week GPs will begin giving injections to preferred members of the community, who will be notified by correspondence.
The CWU has warned that it is organized to call additional walkouts in the put together to Christmas, intimidating to upset the programme.
“We are a little bit anxious about the postal strike as GPs send their letters out, letters of appointment, so we are working very hard to try and get around that, ensuring that people get their appointments in time,” Sir Liam said.
The Department of Health said this did not comprise otherwise healthy over 65s, because they appeared to have a little natural resistance to the virus. The GSK vaccine, Pandemrix, will be on hand to the ”vast majority” with most citizens needing only one dose of this vaccine for protection.
Union representatives and Royal Mail managers are ongoing talks intended at faltering the strike but so far there has been no genuine sign that the walkouts could be called off.
Lord Mandelson, the Business Secretary, intervened in the row yesterday to caution that the Union’s action was putting small businesses at peril of insolvency and threatening the potential of the Royal Mail.
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- Lockheed union workers approve labor pact – Reuters
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- Swine flu virus victim, 2, brought for treatment in NI – BBC News
- Here is why obesity boosts death risk from swine flu – Food Consumer
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