2020-2021 Northern Hemisphere flu vaccine
The stocks of the latest 2020-2021 Northern Hemisphere FLU vaccine has arrived in our clinics.
The following are the groups at risk for complications related with influenza infection and recommended for the seasonal flu vaccination:
1) Persons aged 65 years and older;
2) Children who are 6 months to 5 years;
3) Adults and children who have chronic disorders of the lungs (including asthma) or heart;
4) Adults and children who suffer from chronic metabolic diseases (including diabetes);
5) People with kidney malfunction like those on dialysis;
6) People with a blood disorder like thalassemia;
7) People whose immune resistance is lowered due to medications or those whose immune system is weakened due to the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection;
8) Children and teenagers aged 6 months to 18 years who are receiving long-term aspirin therapy (they are at risk of Reye syndrome, which is a deadly disease that affects all body organs especially the liver and brain, after influenza infection);
9) Women who are in the second or third trimester of pregnancy.
