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PIDVSS: FAQs for Doctors - Vaccination Period

PIDVSS: FAQs for Doctors - Vaccination Period
2015-10-08
  1. What is the vaccination period under PIDVSS2015/16?

 


1. What is the vaccination period under PIDVSS2015/16?

Eligible person with intellectual disability may receive the 2015/16 seasonal influenza vaccination from 15 October 2015 onwards. Children aged under 9 years old who have never received any seasonal influenza vaccination before will need two doses of the 2015/16 vaccine given at least four weeks apart. Only one dose of 2015/16 vaccination is required for those who have received one or more doses of seasonal influenza vaccination in previous seasons.