Getting a flu vaccine is more important than ever due to Covid-19: Dr Khal
Published: 19 Oct 2020 - 10:35 am | Last Updated: 28 Dec 2021 - 11:39 am
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Ministry of Public Health (MoPH), Primary Health Care Corporation (PHCC) and Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) jointly launched the national influenza vaccination campaign today at Hamad Bin Khalifa Medical City.
The vaccine is safe for everyone above six months and will be available for free starting tomorrow at the PHCC health centers or at over 40 private and semi-government facilities.
Over 500,000 will be vaccinated this season in the campaign that will be on until March 2021.
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Dr Abdullatif Al Khal, Chair of the National Health Strategic Group on Covid-19 and Head of Infectious Diseases at Hamad Medical Corporation, speaking about the importance of flu vaccine said, "Taking the flu vaccine is more important this year than amid coronavirus Pandemic. Both the Covid-19 and flu have the same symptoms and getting co-infected with flu and coronavirus can lead to severe complications."
He added that there is a more effective vaccine for flu but not for Covid-19 and so it is important for all to get themselves vaccinated.
