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HSE Hope More Children Receive Flu Vaccine This Winter

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Warning more flu cases this year

The HSE is hoping more children take up the flu vaccine this year.

Health officials are warning there will be more cases of the virus this Winter, after unprecedented low levels last year.

Those eligible for a free vaccine are people with weak immune systems, healthcare workers, children aged 2 to 17, those over 65 and pregnant women.

Dr. Colm Henry from the HSE is hoping more children get the jab:

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