Five Palestinians from the Gaza Strip were evacuated to Israeli hospitals on Monday out of fear that they had contracted the H1N1 virus, commonly known as swine flu.
....Gaza has a shortage of the swine flu vaccine, with 1,000 doses for its 8,000 health-care workers, The Associated Press reported.
Palestinians told AP that the shortage is due to the problems between the Palestinian Authority and Hamas, and not to Israel's blockade of the strip, which allows medical supplies to be shipped in.
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