"PROTECTION Through PREVENTION" COMMUNITY VAX CLINIC , Balmoral

On Wednesday Team "Protection Through Prevention'" from Muskaan Care Trust NZ will run Community Vaccination Clinics from 1.30pm to 4.30 at Ormiston Primary School.

☺️ Covid 19 Vaccination - 1st or 2nd booster available six months after the first booster for older New Zealanders and other groups.

- 65 yrs old, people with existing Health conditions.

- Paediatric 1st or 2nd dose and anyone who is not fully vaccinated yet.

☺️ 3-12 year old Children Free Flu vaccination and paid flu for non eligible family members.

☺️ Free Flu Vax to people with serious mental health or addiction

Just announced "More free flu vaccines and a second COVID-19 booster to groups at risk of hospitalisation" The Government has widened access to free flu vaccines with an extra 800,000 New Zealanders eligible from this Friday, July 1 Children aged 3-12 years and people with serious mental health or addiction needs now eligible for free flu dose.

From tomorrow (Tuesday), second COVID-19 booster available six months after the first booster for older New Zealanders and other groups.

Muskaan Care also shared that Government is ramping up access to free flu vaccines and COVID-19 booster shots for those groups of people who are being admitted in increasing numbers to hospital, including children who can be innocent transmitters of the flu to others in their family who are more at risk, so it makes sense to reduce transmission as much as possible.

People with serious mental health or addiction can get seriously sick from the flu, government also extending free flu vaccinations to this group this year.