FIJI and some Pacific islands will receive H1N1 vaccine from the World Health Organisation next month.
Ministry of Health media officer Iliesa Tora said it will the first time H1N1 vaccine is made available to Pacific countries.
Mr Tora said when the influenza H1N1 broke out in the Pacific the Ministry of Health only had Tamiflu tablets to fight the virus.
"The national influenza taskforce will discuss the H1N1 situation in Fiji and the vaccine," Mr Tora said.
WHO representative in the South Pacific Dr Chen Ken said that based on latest information, the vaccine would be available to Pacific Island countries by next month.
He said the arrival of the vaccine depended on several factors.
"WHO staff in our office, the WHO regional office in Manila and WHO headquarters in Geneva as well as colleagues from partner agencies have been working on it," he said.
"To conduct quality vaccination campaigns and provide the vaccine to priority groups requires a lot of preparatory work."
On the update of H1N1 cases in Fiji, Dr Chen said there had been no cases of H1N1 influenza reported in Fiji of late.
However, he said it was necessary that surveillance and testing for influenza-like illness continued.
He said WHO was working with Pacific nations on prevention and preparation for the second wave of the pandemic.
Dr Chen said experience showed the second wave was often more serious than the first and affected more people.
"Many countries in the northern hemisphere, where it is winter now, are reporting very high rates of influenza-like illness and new cases of H1N1."
