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RSV (Respiratory Syncytial Virus) Vaccine available

Please call reception to book your appointment (03) 5975 1066

It’s never been more important to look after your health and in particular, to protect yourself, your family and our Mornington community.

The Department of Health advise that vaccination is the best protection against the RSV, Flu and coronavirus.

Vaccination is a safe and effective way to help protect you from the RSV. By getting vaccinated, you also help protect those that are too ill or too young to be vaccinated and help slow the spread of the disease. RSV is highly contagious virus that infects the airways and lungs. RSV spreads between people when an infected person produces small water droplets while talking, coughing or sneezing. The droplets can be inhaled by others or land on surfaces where the virus can live for several hours.

Vaccination is a safe and effective way to protect against serious disease caused by RSV.

Eligible Groups for Free RSV Vaccines

  • Pregnant Women: Recommended and NIP-funded between 28 and 36 weeks of pregnancy to pass immunity directly to the newborn.

  • Older Adults: Available for individuals aged 75 and over.

  • Indigenous Australians: Available for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people aged 60 and over.

  • Infants: Highly vulnerable infants are also eligible for the free monoclonal antibody immunisation

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 Flu Fact Sheet

  • Flu strains change constantly, so you need to update your vaccine every year.

  • Flu spreads from an infected person coughing or sneezing and someone else breathing it in or touching an infected person and then touching their mouth, eyes, or nose.

  • Infections can be 2-3 times higher in spaces where people are closed in, like family homes or childcare centres.

  • Other people at greater risk than others are:

    • Obese people

    • Smokers

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Who is eligible to receive free influenza vaccine?

  • people aged 6 months to less than 5 years

  • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people aged 6 months and older

  • pregnant women (at any stage of pregnancy)

  • people aged 65 years and older

  • people aged 6 months and older with the following risk conditions putting them at increased risk of severe influenza and its complications:

    • cardiac disease

    • chronic respiratory conditions

    • chronic neurological conditions

    • immunocompromising conditions

    • diabetes and other metabolic disorders

    • renal disease

    • haematological disorders

    • children aged 6 months to 10 years on long term aspirin therapy.

Children aged under 9 years receiving their influenza vaccination for the first time require 2 doses of vaccine, spaced by a minimum of 1 month.

Private vaccine cost for those not eligible $21.99

 
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