A CHILDREN’S flu vaccination clinic will be held at The Vestry in Letterkenny between 11am and 1pm on Saturday, December 28.
Flu is a severe infection caused by a virus.
The flu virus infects your lungs and upper airways.
Flu affects people of all ages. In some people flu can cause serious complications such as pneumonia.
Young children may also develop gastrointestinal symptoms e.g. vomiting and diarrhoea.
Symptoms can last for up to one week.
Children are twice as likely as adults to catch flu and can spread flu easily.
Young children, in particular, are more likely than adults to be very sick from flu.
Vaccinating children protects them – and their siblings, parents, grandparents.
Vaccination is the best way to protect them from serious illness.
A number of walk in clinics will be operating in Donegal over the Christmas holidays offering nasal flu vaccine to children free of charge.
The nasal flu vaccine is available for all children aged 2-17 years.
The flu vaccine for children is given as a spray up the nose.
A quick and painless spray is put in each nostril.
Parents / guardians must consent to vaccination of 2-17 year olds at the time of vaccination and a parent/guardian must accompany all 2-17 year olds.
Please bring the child’s PPSN with you to their appointment.
The nasal flu vaccine is also available free of charge from participating GP practices and pharmacies.
Visit hse.ie and search for flu finder to find an appointment near you.
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