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Slow uptake of flu vaccine but campaign a ‘success’
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Slow uptake of flu vaccine but campaign a ‘success’
Tuesday 16 November 2021, 04:45 PM

Ministry of Health immunisation manager Kath Blair
This year's influenza vaccination campaign has been declared a success, although the Ministry of Health’s prediction of yet another record-breaking flu season has failed to eventuate.
This year, Pharmac decided to make 2.4 million doses of influenza vaccine available – 300,000 more than last year’s recordbreaking 2.1 million doses.
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