Nursery World - Delays to flu vaccine for children

Public Health England (PHE) has confirmed to Nursery World that there is a delay in the administration of the flu vaccine for children, which is offered as a nasal spray.

PHE has confirmed there has been a delay to the flu nasal spray vaccine for children

Primary school pupils have been made a priority however.

PHE said it has received the flu vaccine for children slightly later than usual due to a delay in the World Health Organisation (WHO) announcing the strain.

It comes as parents of children eligible for the vaccine receive letters from Provide, on behalf of the NHS, recommending they protect their children against flu.

All two and three-year-olds are eligible for the flu vaccine, offered as a nasal spray and delivered only by a child’s GP practice. Children who turned four after 31 August are also eligible as are primary school pupils.

Children with long-term health conditions are also eligible for the flu vaccine, however for children under the age of two, this is in the form of an injected vaccination.

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