US body to work with Andhra govt

US consul general Cornelis M Keur on Friday met health minister D Nagender and offered to work together in dealing with H1N1 cases through the Centre for Disease Control (CDC), a US government body working in the state with the Andhra Pradesh State AIDs Control Society.

He said CDC was equipped to handle H1N1 cases. It was willing to share its technology.

Keur agreed to the health minister’s suggestion to facilitate import of swine flu vaccines from the US.