37,000 healthcare workers take flu vaccine in Qatar: MOPH
Dec 15, 2020
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Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) announced that over 37,000 healthcare workers in Qatar have so far taken the flu vaccine to protect themselves against seasonal influenza– a 56 percent increase over 2019.
The Flu vaccine is recommended for healthcare workers to protect them from getting flu and to reduce transmission of flu from them to their family, colleagues and patients.
“More healthcare workers than ever are now vaccinated against the seasonal flu,” said Dr Hamad Eid Al Romaihi, Director of Health Protection and Communicable Diseases at Ministry of Public Health. “It is important that healthcare workers get vaccinated as early in the flu season as possible. As in previous years we started vaccinating health care workers earlier than the public and this strategy have proven to be successful again.
15 Dec 2020 - 14:44
The Peninsula
Doha: Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) announced that over 37,000 healthcare workers in Qatar have so far taken the flu vaccine to protect themselves against seasonal influenza – a 56 percent increase over 2019.
The Flu vaccine is recommended for healthcare workers to protect them from getting flu and to reduce transmission of flu from them to their family, colleagues and patients.
“More healthcare workers than ever are now vaccinated against the seasonal flu,” said Dr Hamad Eid Al Romaihi, Director of Health Protection and Communicable Diseases at Ministry of Public Health. “It is important that healthcare workers get vaccinated as early in the flu season as possible. As in previous years we started vaccinating health care workers earlier than the public and this strategy have proven to be successful again.