The government has ordered a whopping 55 lakh doses of the intra-nasal spray, at a cost of Rs 55 lakh, to immunize the high-risk population, with the tender for A(H1N1) vaccinations opening on Friday.

The death toll in Mexico from an outbreak of A(H1N1) swine flu has hit nine, with 573 cases detected, officials said on Sunday.

The strain represents some 90 percent of detected cases of influenza in