There is a surplus of about 5,000 doses of the swine flu vaccine in Nunavut, according to health officials.The leftover doses are in every community across Nunavut, the Health Department says.Officials believe local health centres are still seeing a few people who were unable to get the vaccine during immunization clinics in November.

The department estimates about 60 per cent of Nunavummiut had received the H1N1 shot by the end of the mass vaccination campaign. That figure is expected to be updated sometime in the new year.The current vaccine will remain available until it expires this fall.However, if the H1N1 virus is still present by the fall, health officials say an H1N1 component may be included in the next seasonal flu vaccine.There have been 33 confirmed cases of swine flu since the beginning of October. No new cases were confirmed in the last two weeks.