{"id":2716,"date":"2019-05-10T00:27:28","date_gmt":"2019-05-10T00:27:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=2716"},"modified":"2019-05-10T00:27:28","modified_gmt":"2019-05-10T00:27:28","slug":"record-numbers-of-flu-vaccines-to-be-provided-in-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2019\/05\/10\/record-numbers-of-flu-vaccines-to-be-provided-in-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Record Numbers of Flu Vaccines to be Provided in 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Australia is on track for a record number of flu shots in 2019 following the release of 11.4 million flu vaccines to vaccine providers to date in 2019<br \/>\nI encourage Australians to get a flu shot to protect themselves against this year\u2019s influenza virus.<br \/>\nVaccines are now available at your GPs office and community pharmacies.<br \/>\nAs at 30 April 2019 over 11.4 million doses of the seasonal influenza vaccines have been released into the market by the Australian Government for the 2019 Australian influenza season.<br \/>\nThis includes over 7.4 million doses for the National Immunisation Program (NIP) and state and territory government schemes including 3.8 million doses of enhanced vaccines for those aged 65 years and over.<br \/>\nVaccination is the most effective way to protect individuals and the broader community from the flu.<br \/>\nIt\u2019s important to get vaccinated against influenza every year, as the virus changes year to year.<br \/>\nThose eligible for a free flu vaccine through the NIP include people aged 65 years and over, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people aged 6 months and older and people aged sixth months or older with certain medical conditions which put them at risk of severe influenza.<br \/>\nPregnant women are also eligible for a free flu vaccine \u2013 it\u2019s safe to receive at any stage of pregnancy to protect both mother and baby.<br \/>\nGetting vaccinated now allows protection during the peak influenza transmission period, from around June to September in most parts of Australia.<br \/>\nImmunisation is critical to maintaining public health and preventing the outbreak of infectious diseases.<br \/>\nLast year a record 11 million Australians got a flu shot and I hope that we reach another record this year.<br \/>\nFor more information visit the Department of Health immunisation website at:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/media.cchq.org.au\/l\/ixZbQqPHqcsIZu1Fx3OQ3w\/XUmKdqXFyyVfcR9vTu3HeA\/VSh1Yvo4zvJ3Xcdm076T8w\" target=\"_BLANK\" rel=\"noopener\">www.health.gov.au\/immunisation<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Australia is on track for a record number of flu shots in 2019 following the release of 11.4 million flu vaccines to vaccine providers to date in 2019 I encourage Australians to get a flu shot to protect themselves against this year\u2019s influenza virus. Vaccines are now available at your GPs office and community pharmacies. &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2019\/05\/10\/record-numbers-of-flu-vaccines-to-be-provided-in-2019\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Record Numbers of Flu Vaccines to be Provided in 2019&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2716","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aussie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2716","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2716"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2716\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2716"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2716"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2716"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}