China on Sunday rushed the first batch of swine flu vaccine to the southwestern province of Sichuan, where an outbreak of the disease has killed 34 people and left 28 in critical condition.
Vaccines for 350,000 pigs were flown to Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan, where the infection has swept through about 100 villages, Xinhua news agency reported.
It said vaccines for a total of 10 million pigs were being produced to combat the disease, which is contracted from slaughtering, handling or eating infected pigs.
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