A nationwide swine flu vaccination campaign got underway as health authorities confirmed 140,000 batches of swine flu vaccine had been sent to state public health institutions.

Priority vaccinations, all of which are free, are to be given to health workers, the chronically ill, pregnant women and children.

National TV station HRT reported that mostly elderly people had come to the "Andrija Stampar" National Institute of Public Health in Zagreb today to be vaccinated