Media Release from The Hon. Greg Hunt MP, Minister for Health.
The Australian Government has secured a supply of new vaccines which protect against four strains of influenza virus for the 2017 season.
The new vaccines will be made available free of charge from mid-April to at-risk groups through the National Immunisation Program (NIP) and will also be available on the private market.
The 2017 quadrivalent influenza vaccines will cover two A strains of influenza (Michigan and Hong Kong) and two B strains of influenza (Brisbane and Phuket), as recommended by the World Health Organization.
Influenza is a significant cause of illness and death and we know that getting an annual flu vaccine is the best way to protect yourself, your family and the community from virus.
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