Winter is about to arrive and there is already a high response to the flu vaccine. About 350,000 people have been vaccinated so far by the health insurance funds • Center for the Treatment of Epidemics Dr. Tal Brosh says that “a high compatibility is expected between the vaccine and the dominant strain of influenza”
Experts in the team for treating epidemics estimate that the flu vaccine that will be given this year is expected to be effective in high percentages against the strain of flu that will be dominant this winter. This was published on Network B.
Dr. Tal Brosh, director of the Infectious Diseases Unit at Asuta Hospital in Ashdod and the Epidemics Treatment Team Center at the Ministry of Health, told Network B: “The strain that is currently seen in Israel is type A, of the H3N2 strain, the strain that was also dominant in the winter in Australia, and if it continues like this, Then there will be a high match between the vaccine and the flu strain, which means that the vaccine will be effective in high percentages.”
It was also announced that almost 350,000 people have been vaccinated against the flu at all ticket offices so far and that the vaccination rate is higher than in previous seasons. For example, the Maccabi Health Fund reports a 40% higher vaccination rate than in previous years.