<p>Though no case of H1N1 flu has been reported in India so far, the Government at a high-level meeting held here this morning chalked out a scientific framework for manufacturing a vaccine for the dreaded disease.</p>.<p>The meeting chaired by Secretary, Department of Health Research V N Katoch was attended by members of the National Institute of Communicable Diseases (NICD), the serum institute and representatives of the World Health Organisation besides drug manufacturing companies.</p>.<p>"We have decided to form a short-term and a long-term strategy for tackling the dreaded disease," Katoch told PTI.</p>.<p>While the short-term strategy would include a plan of action to tackle the outbreak of a pandemic, like the one this year, the long-term method would focus on creation of a vaccine and vaccination of a select population, he said.</p>.<p>The Centre for Disease Control (CDC), Atlanta, will send the strain of the H1N1 virus to help in the research work, he said.</p>.<p>The Government would hold another meeting next week to constitute a core team to begin the research work and decide on the requirements of the companies who would be manufacturing it. </p>
<p>Though no case of H1N1 flu has been reported in India so far, the Government at a high-level meeting held here this morning chalked out a scientific framework for manufacturing a vaccine for the dreaded disease.</p>.<p>The meeting chaired by Secretary, Department of Health Research V N Katoch was attended by members of the National Institute of Communicable Diseases (NICD), the serum institute and representatives of the World Health Organisation besides drug manufacturing companies.</p>.<p>"We have decided to form a short-term and a long-term strategy for tackling the dreaded disease," Katoch told PTI.</p>.<p>While the short-term strategy would include a plan of action to tackle the outbreak of a pandemic, like the one this year, the long-term method would focus on creation of a vaccine and vaccination of a select population, he said.</p>.<p>The Centre for Disease Control (CDC), Atlanta, will send the strain of the H1N1 virus to help in the research work, he said.</p>.<p>The Government would hold another meeting next week to constitute a core team to begin the research work and decide on the requirements of the companies who would be manufacturing it. </p>