Parents urged to sign children up for free nasal spray flu vaccine

Parents urged to sign children up for free nasal spray flu vaccine

Between 2009 and 2019, 4,750 children needed hospital treatment because of complications of flu. Picture: Getty images

Mon, 18 Oct, 2021 - 04:30
Steve Neville

Parents are being urged to sign their children up for the free nasal spray flu vaccine.

The HSE has said that the flu vaccine and administration is free for everyone aged 2 to 17 years through the health service’s vaccination programme.

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