December 01, 2020 - 858 views
With the free flu vaccine now available for over 50s across Wales, Clwyd West MS Darren Millar is urging all those eligible in Conwy and Denbighshire to get protected this winter.
Annual flu vaccination is the best protection against catching or spreading flu, a potentially life-threatening infection.
This year Wales is carrying out its largest ever influenza vaccination programme and those aged 50 and over should now expect to be contacted by their GP practice or can contact their local pharmacy to arrange a vaccination.
By mid-November more than 750,000 vulnerable people, NHS staff and schoolchildren in Wales had taken up the offer of a free flu vaccine. Of those aged over 65, 70% had also been vaccinated - levels substantially higher than during the same period last year.
Darren said: “This year more than ever it is important that we all do everything we can to stay healthy.
“Flu is a serious condition by itself, but research has found that you can catch coronavirus at the same time as having flu, with serious and sometimes deadly consequences.
“I therefore urge all those who are eligible for the free flu vaccine in Conwy and Denbighshire to make arrangements to get it done as soon as possible.”
