Who should receive the flu vaccine?
- People of 65 years and older
- Pregnant women: ask advice at your doctor
- People who live together with children younger than 6 months
- People who live in an institution
- People who work in healthsystem
- Patients with a longterm illness:
- lung diseases, for example: asthma, chronic lung disease
- hartdiseases exept high blood pressure
- liverdiseases
- kidneydiseases
- diabetes, diseases of the thyriod gland
- patients with lower immunity, for example: cancerpatients, HIV
AND caregivers of the people mentioned above
When should you receive your vaccination?
The vaccination preferably occurs in November. This offers you a protection against the most common flu types for 6 months. The vaccination should be repeated each year around the same time.