At 9:00 a.m. on September 7, Zhengzhou, the country's first four-valent children's influenza vaccine, was launched

10-month-olds get a quadrivalent childhood flu vaccine

Top News Henan Business Daily reporter Xiong Zhuotian text/photo

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It is reported that this is the first approved "infant dosage form" tetravalent influenza vaccine in China, which is suitable for children

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The 10-month-old baby receives the first dose of four-valent childhood influenza vaccine in Zhengzhou

At 9:00 a.

Wang Heng, head of the immunization planning section of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention in Zhengzhou's Erqi District, said that annual influenza vaccination is the most effective means of preventing

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It is understood that on February 15, 2022, Hualan Biologics' "infant dosage form" (suitable for children aged 6 to 35 months) quadrivalent influenza vaccine was approved for marketing, and was approved at the end of May, which is the first "infant dosage form" quadrivalent influenza vaccine approved for marketing in China, which is suitable for children

Hu Qiuju, director of the Preventive Health Department of longhai community health service center on Huaihe Road in Erqi District, introduced that the four-valent children's influenza vaccine is 188 yuan per injection, and young children need to be vaccinated with 2 injections

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It is best to vaccinate before 10 months

When is the best time to vaccinate? Wang Heng suggested that it is best

So, do I need to get the flu vaccine every year? The answer is yes

Protective antibodies produced after vaccination generally last 6 to 8 months and gradually weaken

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It needs to be given more than 14 days apart from the COVID-19 vaccine

Recently, the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention released the latest version of the "Technical Guidelines for Influenza Vaccination in China (2022-2023)" (hereinafter referred to as the "Guidelines").

The Guidelines point out that the serious epidemic situation of the global new crown pneumonia epidemic is still continuing, and this year there will be a peak of summer influenza epidemic in some provinces in southern China, and there may be a superimposed epidemic of

Wang Heng introduced that according to clinical data, after the full vaccination of quadrivalent influenza vaccine, the protection rate can reach 97.

However, it should be reminded that with reference to the recommendations of China's "Technical Guidelines for New Coronavirus Vaccination (First Edition)", the interval between influenza vaccine and new coronavirus vaccination should be greater than 14 days