The Public Health Agency (PHA) is calling on parents of children aged 2-12 to get them vaccinated against flu. This will help protect not only them but also those around them, particularly older grandparents or relations with an underlying health condition. Children in particular can increase the spread of the flu virus in the community, but vaccination helps curb this.
This year, given the impact COVID-19, the childhood flu vaccination programme has been extended. Not only will pre-school and primary school children be offered the vaccine, but those in Year 8 of secondary school will also be eligible. While the flu vaccine won’t protect against COVID-19, getting vaccinated against the flu will help reduce the risk of the flu circulating alongside COVID-19 during autumn and winter and someone contracting flu and coronavirus at the same time.
To support children’s understanding of the importance of the flu vaccine and to encourage uptake, the PHA has produced an animation for school-aged children that covers what they need to know about the vaccine and how they will receive it.
Watch the video on the link below:
https://vimeo.com/452145182
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