High flu vaccine uptake in people aged 65+ in North West Date published: 21 January 2021
Flu is a serious condition that kills on average 11,000 people in England each year and hospitalises many more.
Despite the challenges of Covid-19 this winter, record numbers of people in the North West have received their flu vaccination.
In the North West, the NHS has so far vaccinated 77.3.3% of those aged 65 years and over against flu this season which exceeds the World Health Organization uptake ambition of 75%.
Uptake in two and three-year-old children and clinical at-risk groups (aged under 65 years) has increased from last year.
Health and Social Care Secretary Matt Hancock said: “It is thanks to all our frontline health care workers that the uptake of the flu vaccine is so high this year and it’s a brilliant achievement that we have vaccinated more people who are 65 and over than ever before. We knew how challenging this winter would be, but the NHS is used to deliverin
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By Jane Kirby
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Professor Paul Elliot, who is leading the React study at Imperial College London, suggested the current measures may not be strict enough to see a drop in infections and the reproductive rate – the R.
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