In the UK this year ALL children aged two to 15 as of August 31st, 2021, are being offered the free nasal spray flu vaccination.
(A small number of children with specific health conditions or circumstances may be offered an alternative.)
The nasal spray vaccine is known as the live attenuated influenza vaccine or LAIV and goes by the brand name Fluenz Tetra.
It’s given as a quick squirt up each nostril.
It’s recommended as it has been shown to be more effective in children compared to the injectable inactivated flu vaccines.
It provides good overall protection against the flu and is expected to provide some cross protection against mismatched strains.
The vaccine contains weakened (attenuated) versions of the flu virus to create an immune response, but cannot give your child the flu.
Children aged from six months to two who have certain underlying health conditions will be offered an injectable vaccine.
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