The Ministry of Health calls on the general public from the age of 6 months and go to get vaccinated against influenza. The flu vaccine can be given together with the corona vaccine or at any time interval from it.
According to data from the National Center for Disease Control, as of last week, a total of 3,663 hospitalized patients had been reported to have been diagnosed with influenza, including 1,087 children and 230 pregnant women and women.
The first week of 2022, 57 deaths were identified in verified inpatients for influenza, most of them aged 65 and over. However, it is not yet known whether influenza was the leading cause of death or not.