Austria's flu-vaccine drive 1.7 million doses ordered

Oct 5

AUF1 reports a Health Ministry announcement on Monday that Austria ordered 1.7 million inactivated flu-vaccine doses, 12 percent more than the previous year. It says seniors and other vulnerable groups are a priority and attributes a 75-percent at-risk-group uptake target to the ministry and WHO guidance. It gives existing uptake as 24 percent among over-65s and 13 percent overall and reports further public-programme expansion and increased advertising. These are an ordering/outreach announcement and target, not achieved coverage or completed vaccination of one fifth of residents.

AUF1 reports Austria's Health Ministry announcing an order of 1.7 million inactivated flu-vaccine doses, 12 percent above the previous year, with priority for older and other vulnerable people. It attributes a 75-percent risk-group uptake target to ministry/WHO guidance, contrasts existing 24-percent older-person and 13-percent overall uptake, and reports further public-programme expansion and increased advertising. Orders and targets do not establish achieved vaccination coverage.