Children, aged two and over, and all primary school children are being offered the flu vaccination from today.
The move is the second phase of the Public Health Agency’s (PHA) childhood flu immunisation programme.
The programme started last year and saw all children aged between two and three – and all children in primary six – offered the vaccine.
Nearly all children will receive the vaccine through a nasal spray.
The PHA said all at-risk children should continue to receive the flu vaccine as they have done in previous years.
School children will receive letters and consent forms over the next couple of months.
The extended flu vaccination programme is being phased in over several years and will eventually cover all children aged between two and 16 years.
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