Babies in Oulu are to be vaccinated against swine flu tomorrow, the City of Oulu has confirmed.

The vaccine is made using chicken eggs

People going to their local health centre with their children must take their child's KELA card. According to the Oulu Health Department, the vaccination cannot be given if the child is allergic to eggs.

Families taking their children to the health centre tomorrow can expect to queue, in many cases for hours. Last week, when people in 'risk groups' (with underlying health problems such as diabetes) went to the health centre in the Oulu suburb of Höyhtyä to get their vaccine, the queue stretched well into the health centre's carpark and eventually down the road. Some people complained of having to stand, outside in the snow, for around two hours just to get into the building and another half hour once they were in. The queue was so long in Höyhtyä that it made the YLE national news.

The swine flu vaccine relies on very old technology. A small hole is drilled in a hen's egg before a tiny amount of the H1N1 virus is injected into it, along with a manmade virus called PR8. A harmless hybrid, which nevertheless works as a vaccine, develops through a natural regrouping of the genes.

The vaccine can produce flu-like side effects. 

Detailed information on the city's vaccination schedule can be found here: http://www.ouka.fi/sote/sikainfluenssa/english/schedules.htm