HMOs are starting to vaccinate israelis against influenza viruses as early as next week

HMOs are starting to vaccinate against influenza viruses as early as next week, when new US flu vaccines have been released in the US ahead of a severe winter that could lead to a double wave of flu and corona flu. The World Health Organization states based on the monitoring of morbidity in the southern hemisphere that precedes the flu in the northern hemisphere, which shows that the common strains are similar to those of the last two years.
This year, injectable vaccines (containing killed virus particles) intended for those aged six months and older at all ages, and spray vaccines (plumist) containing attenuated live virus, intended for ages 2 to 49, will be given. Both the nasal spray vaccine and the injection vaccine are effective against the flu. This year, the elderly population also purchased unique vaccines in some of the funds, which further increase the body's immune response.
The emphasis on influenza vaccines is placed as every year on those at high risk for influenza complications: patients with chronic diseases, aged 50 and over, toddlers aged six months to two years, overweight people, pregnant and postpartum women, and chronically hospitalized.
The vaccine is also recommended for caregivers who are at high risk for flu complications, including health care workers, caregivers and volunteers who care for high-risk people. Emphasis is also placed this year on children under the age of 12, as they are not vaccinated against corona, and it is important to vaccinate them to prevent double morbidity and allow the education system to continue to operate. This year, second- to fourth-grade children will be vaccinated against the flu within the school.
According to the US Centers for Disease Control, the American Association of Pediatrics and the Israeli Ministry of Health, any vaccine can be vaccinated against the flu at the same time, each vaccine with a different limb (shoulders in children and adults, hips in infants). .
Clalit Health Fund will start influenza vaccines immediately after Rosh Hashanah: Clalit has ordered 1.3 million flu vaccines against 4 strains, intended for patients aged six months and older and another 20,000 live attenuated virus vaccines (Flomist) intended only for ages 2 to 49. Vaccines will be given in vaccine complexes To Corona where there were separate positions for influenza vaccination, in maternity clinics, in women's health centers, in child health centers, milk drops.
"We are entering the winter period in the midst of a fourth wave under the much more contagious Delta variant," says Dr. Batsheva Gottesman, an infectious disease specialist and infectious disease consultant at Clalit Health Fund. Get back on track - all of these are reasonable conditions for spreading the flu in Israel and around the world. In view of this situation, it is recommended to be vaccinated against influenza in order to prevent cross-morbidity of influenza and corona and also to prevent burdens on the health system. "