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According to the announcements, the first doses of the flu vaccine will arrive in early October. This year’s vaccination is specific in many ways: the largest number of doses so far will be available, for the first time in 14 years we have a domestic vaccine, and it is all happening as the corona virus pandemic spreads around the world.
Precisely because of the pandemic, there is great interest in the seasonal flu vaccine, especially due to fears of what could happen if the two viruses “cross”.
To prevent that from happening, the state and the competent institutions have acquired a large number of doses of the vaccine this year, as the coronavirus is in greater demand everywhere.
How many vaccines and what manufacturers?
The Republic Health Insurance Fund provided 344,920 doses of vaccines in the first round. At the price of 795 dinars per dose, a quadrivalent flu vaccine for over three years, produced by “Abbott” was agreed.
The vaccine for the age up to 36 months, which costs 1,194 dinars and is quadrivalent, was agreed with “Torlak”.
Then the Belgrade Institute of Virology, Vaccines and Serums “Torlak” will start producing a domestic vaccine against seasonal flu “Torvaxflu” after a decade and a half, which is expected to be available in October, and in November at the latest .
As announced, “Torlak” could produce about 200,000 doses on its own, so about 600,000 vaccines are expected this year, which is double the previous year.
The director of “Torlak”, Vera Stojiljković, said that the domestic vaccine was already registered and that she had received a permit from the competent Serbian pharmaceutical agency.
He added that the active component of the influenza vaccine is currently being produced, followed by quality control, finalization and certification, and then distribution and use.
Who is it recommended and for whom is it mandatory?
Flu vaccination generally begins in mid-November and about 250,000 people are vaccinated. This year, it will be available from October, precisely because of the corona virus. Last season, the interest was higher, so after nearly 300,000 initial doses, which were consumed quickly, another 50,000 were delivered later.
The most vulnerable categories of the population receive this vaccine at the expense of insurance. Vaccination against seasonal flu will be carried out in accordance with the regulations, which is a recommendation for people over 60 years of age, chronic patients, while for healthcare workers, vaccination is mandatory, except in individual cases where there is a good reason why the person cannot receive the vaccine.
This year’s vaccination could have been done earlier precisely because of the possible collision of corona and flu. The truth is that the vaccines will be for all concerned and will be commercially available to all those who do not belong to any vulnerable group.
Headquarters of crisis over vaccination of two million people
The flu vaccination is due to start on October 1 and, as epidemiologist and crisis staff member Dr. Predrag Kon said, capacities have doubled and there will be additional reserves.
“The number of people who should be vaccinated is close to two million. “347,000 thousand were acquired, ‘Torlak’ has to deliver 150,000 first, then another 100, and for now we will have a total of about 700,000 vaccines, which is double what can be expected,” the epidemiologist said earlier.
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