CDC, major vaccine manufacturers ramp up production of flu shots as the US braces for the potential simultaneous impact of the coronavirus and the seasonal flu

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• Major vaccine manufactures are planning to make millions more flu vaccine doses ahead of the fall amid mounting concern from the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
• Vaccine manufacturers are planning to boost production of flu shots by about 10%, making 189 million flu shots in comparison to 170 million last year, The Washington Post reported.
• The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention also made an "unprecedented" purchase of 7 million flu vaccine doses for adults — 14 times more than the average purchase for a flu season.
• "We want to take flu off the table, in every way possible, make flu a non-factor," LJ Tan, chief strategy officer of the Immunization Action Coalition, told The Post.
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Major vaccine manufacturers are ramping up production of flu vaccine doses ahead of flu season as they brace for increased demand amid the coronavirus pandemic, The Washington Post reported.

Flu vaccine producers are planning to increase production by about 10 percent, making about 19 million more doses in comparison to last year, according to The Post report. Manufacturers are anticipating to produce about 189 million doses ahead of the flu season, compared to 170 million last fall.

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