Bird Flu Monitor > Ex-minister Rath scraps tender for bird flu vaccine purchase- CRo - Czech Happenings

[Pandemic Virus Facts and Information] Prague- David Rath, in his capacity as health minister until recently, scrapped the tender for the purchase of vaccines against bird flu, and his successor in .

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