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• pregnant people
• everyone aged 65 years and older
• adults with underlying health conditions including heart disease, cancer, diabetes, kidney disease, and serious asthma or respiratory disease
• adults with an autoimmune disease, a cochlear implant or Down syndrome
• anyone with mental illness such as schizophrenia, major depressive disorder, bipolar disorder, or schizoaffective disorder or those currently accessing mental health services.
• The funded flu vaccine for children and adults (6 months of age and over) available in Aotearoa New Zealand is called Influvac Tetra.
• Check with our vaccinating pharmacist if you're eligible for a free flu vaccine.

The best way to protect yourself and others from getting the flu.

●  You are likely to have fewer sick days and fewer days away from work or school.

●  Even if you still catch the flu despite having the vaccination, your symptoms are likely to be milder.

●  Having a flu vaccine every year can keep older people healthy and active for longer.

●  When given to pregnant women, it protects the mother and her baby against the flu.

●  Even if you don't feel sick, without the vaccine you could still be infected with the flu and pass it on to others.

●  By getting the vaccine, you will help protect vulnerable people in your community, such as very young children, elderly people and people with long-term health conditions.

Best time to get vaccinated is before the winter season starts (May-July). This is due to the fact that the likelihood of influenza virus strains circulating significantly increases during the winter months.

Note: it can take up to 2 weeks for the vaccine to provide the best influenza protection.

The flu vaccine is mostly well tolerated. Common side effects include pain, redness and/or swelling at the site of injection for a day or two; mild fever. Muscle aches or headaches within the first two days. Rarely, an allergic response can occur.

The flu vaccine won’t protect you against COVID-19 (coronavirus), but it will reduce your risk of influenza - which leads to thousands of hospitalisations each year. By getting the flu vaccine, you can reduce the strain on the health service.

When in store please ask about the Covid-19 vaccination inluding boosters

Yes, we have trained pharmacists to administer flu shots.

Protection from the previous vaccination lessens over time. The circulating influenza viruses can change and the strains in the vaccine usually change each year in response to the changing virus pattern.

Although people with medical conditions, like asthma and diabetes, are most at risk of complications from the flu, healthy adults, children and infants can still become seriously ill and even die from the flu. Also, healthy people can spread the flu to others around them. It is recommended that even healthy people have the flu vaccine.

Best to get before May for best protection, however you have until December to get the flu vaccine.

It takes up to two weeks for the influenza immunisation to start providing protection.