October, 2020
NIJZ
The NIJZ is starting to offer influenza vaccination in the outpatient clinics of the regional units on Monday 19 October 2020. This year it is more important than ever to protect as many people as possible against influenza by getting vaccinated, especially for groups in whom influenza may be more severe or have complications.
Influenza vaccination is particularly recommended for groups at higher risk of severe influenza or complications from influenza:
- chronic patients,
- people aged 65 and over,
- young children (6 months to 23 months of age),
- pregnant women
- and for people with extremely high body weight (BMI ≥40).
Vaccination is also particularly recommended for persons whose work exposes them to the risk of infection or who may transmit infection to others, especially health workers and colleagues, employees of nursing homes and other emergency services.
You should get the flu vaccine from the personal doctor of your choice. If this is not possible, you can get the flu vaccine from any other healthcare provider who provides the vaccine, or from a clinic at a regional unit of the National Institute of Public Health (NIJZ).
For further information, please contact us by email or on Facebook.
The project is partly funded by the Ministry of Labour, Family, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities and the European Union through the European Social Fund. The operation is financed under the Operational Programme for the Implementation of the European Cohesion Policy 2014-2020, Priority Axis 9 “Social inclusion and reducing the risk of poverty”, Priority Investment 9.1 “Active inclusion, including the promotion of equal opportunities and active participation, and improving employability”, Specific Objective 9.1.2 “Empowering target groups to move towards the labour market”.
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