Swiss army soldiers take a break, canton Bern

Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - New arrivals at the spring session of the Swiss military recruits’ schools Monday 9 March will be offered free MMR (measles, mumps, rubella) vaccinations, part of the government’s efforts to fight the rise in measles cases in Switzerland. The shots will be voluntary.

The army has purchased 12,000 doses of the vaccine. Soldiers will be offered the optional vaccinations in April 2009. The Federal health department notes that Switzerland has been touched by the spread of measles more than any other European country in recent years.

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News story, GenevaLunch, 6 March 2009.

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  1. GenevaLunch » Blog Archive » Seven soldiers out with measles Says:
    March 17th, 2009 at 9:34 pm

    [...] soldiers out with measles Thun, Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The Swiss Army may have bought 12,000 doses of anti-measles vaccine, with Switzerland continuing to have one of Europe’s highest rates of measles, but it did not [...]

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