Getting the flu shot is more important than ever during 2020-2021 to protect yourself, your family, and your community from the seasonal influenza virus.

To whom is the seasonal flu vaccination recommended?

The seasonal flu vaccination is recommended for people starting from six months  and older, with rare exceptions, since the influenza vaccine reduces the chances of contracting an illness and incidences of death.

To whom is the Doctors advise people with high risk of developing any form of complications associated with the influenza to take the vaccine, and those are:

-Diabetic patients

-stroke & Heart Disease Patients

-Adults of 65 year and above 

-Asthma patients

-kidney Failure patient 

-pregnant Woman 

-children above 6 months

-Immune deficiency patient 

Fact or Myth

Seasonal flu vaccination prevents getting infected with COVID 19 

No, the seasonal flu vaccine will only prevent you from getting the seasonal flu virus which is a different strain of virus than that of Covid19

A pregnant woman cannot get the flu vaccination

The flu vaccination helps protect a woman during and after pregnancy

I might get the flu from the vaccine itself

The seasonal flu vaccine cannot cause sickness because the vaccine contains an inactive virus. This means the virus does not have the ability to cause sickness