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Influenza

Funded influenza vaccines for 2019

INFLUVAC® TETRA (quadrivalent)
Funded if administered to eligible adults and children aged 3 years or older, from 1 April through 31 December.

FLUARIX® TETRA (quadrivalent)
Funded if administered to eligible children aged under 3 years, i.e. 6–35 months, from 1 April through 31 December.

The influenza strains included in the 2019 quadrivalent vaccines are the:

  • A/Michigan/45/2015 (H1N1) pdm09-like virus
  • A/Switzerland/8060/2017 (H3N2)-like virus
  • B/Colorado/06/2017-like virus
  • B/Phuket/3073/2013-like virus

 

Extension to the end of the Influenza Immunisation Programme

The funded influenza vaccine will be available until 31 December each year from now on (pregnant women, those aged 65 years and over and those aged under 65 years with certain medical conditions) and who were not vaccinated before or during winter.

 

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Updated 29 Dec, 2020