In the 2023-2024 season, according to the WHO forecast, the following strains of influenza viruses will circulate:
influenza virus A/Victoria/4897/2022(H1N1)pdm09;
influenza virus A/Darwin/9/2021 (H3N2);
influenza virus B/Austria/1359417/2021 (lineage B/Victoria);
virus, influenza B/Phuket/3073/2013 (lineage B/Yamagata).
It is these strains that will be part of the quadrivalent flu vaccines that will be used this episeason.
Risk groups for which vaccination is especially recommended include:
people aged 60 years and older;
children from 6 months;
pregnant women;
people with chronic diseases;
people from the professional risk group (doctors, teachers, military, sellers, etc.).
We are waiting for the vaccine in pharmacies!
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