Protect Yourself and Your Loved Ones! Get Your Flu Vaccine Today
In 2024, the Southern Hemisphere egg-based and cell culture vaccines contain different strains, as recommended by the WHO.
Funded option: INFLUVAC Tetra :
2024 eligibility for funded influenza vaccination- Pharmac’s eligibility criteria:
- pregnant people
- people aged 65 years and over
- people aged 6 months to under 65 years with eligible conditions*
- children 4 years of age and under who have been hospitalised for respiratory illness or have a history of significant respiratory illness
- people aged 6 months to under 65 years with serious mental health and addiction conditions*
* For more details on eligibility click here
IF you are not eligible for funded vaccine, you can still choose to pay for Flu vaccines The options are as follows: (COST APPLIES between $40-$60)
- FLUAD QUAD : for patients aged >65
- It is an inactivated influenza vaccine, surface antigen, adjuvanted, egg-based vaccine More information here
- FLUCELVAX QUAD: for patients age 6months and over
- INFLUVAC TETRA (>6months age) , Flu Quadri ( >6months) and Afluria Quad (3yrs and over ) are inactivated influenza vaccine, split virion, egg-based vaccines.
