Slow uptake of flu vaccine but campaign a ‘success’

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Slow uptake of flu vaccine but campaign a ‘success’

Kath Blair
Ministry of Health immunisation manager Kath Blair

This year's influenza vaccination campaign has been declared a success, although the Ministry of Health’s prediction of yet another record-breaking flu season has failed to eventuate.

This year, Pharmac decided to make 2.4 million doses of influenza vaccine available – 300,000 more than last year’s recordbreaking 2.1 million doses.