Muscat: Oman's Health Ministry has begun distribution of the seasonal flu vaccine for groups at risk.
“We seek to maximise the coverage rate of the target groups to reduce the spread of seasonal influenza,” Infectious Diseases Department's Tuberculosis and Acute Respiratory Diseases Department head Dr Fatima Al Yaqubi said.
“The influenza vaccine is a safe and effective vaccine that has been used for more than 50 years now, and its importance lies in protecting high-risk groups and those vulnerable to complications.
"The seasonal flu vaccination does not prevent infection from Covid-19, but it reduces the severity of symptoms and must be taken alongside the Covid-19 vaccine,” Dr Al Yaqubi explained.
Categories covered by the influenza vaccines are health workers, the elderly over 65 years of age, those with chronic diseases, those with heart disease, kidney and intestinal diseases, and pregnant women.
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