Parents are urged to vaccinate 2-3 year olds against flu as NHS warns of “twindemic”

The UK Health Security Agency has urged parents to take up the offer to vaccinate their 2 and 3 year old children against flu this year, because of fears over a lack of natural immunity.The UKHSA said that most young children will not have encountered flu yet, owing to pandemic restrictions that have reduced the spread of the virus over the past two winters. It is also urging people in eligible clinical risk groups and pregnant women to get vaccinated (box 1).Box 1Who is eligible for the flu vaccine?All adults aged 50 years or overPeople aged 5-49 in a clinical risk group, including pregnant womenPeople aged 5-49 who are household contacts of people with immunosuppressionPeople aged 16-49 who are carersResidents and staff of care homes for older adults“Frontline” health and social care workersChildren aged 2 or 3 years oldAll primary school aged childrenSecondary school children in years 7-9Early indications are…
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