hi doctor, in India we gave my 5 year old son flu vaccine on 9th September 2023, now we came to Mexico and here they are asking to put seasonal flu vaccine again on 19th January 2024, is it okay to put here again? it the time gap okay to put flu vaccine since the gap is 5 months only?
please reply me..

Question

hi doctor,  in India we gave my 5 year old son flu vaccine on 9th September 2023, now we came to Mexico and here they are asking to put seasonal flu vaccine again on 19th January 2024, is it okay to put here again? it the time gap okay to put flu vaccine since the gap is 5 months only?
please reply me..

Accepted Answer

Influenza vaccine or the flu vaccine is basically a vaccine which protects against different strains of flu viruses including swine Flu virus which causes symptoms specially in children because of less immunity.
Though it is not a mandatory vaccine but it should be given to every child to protect against different flu infection which is very common every year . this vaccine is given after 6 months of age and initially two doses are given one month apart then every year single dose is required .
It is not documented but still studies suggest that to some extent it may give pabrtialn protection against covid infection .

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yes Doctor we are putting flu vaccine every year by September month.. Now I vaccinated on September, because of location change now in mexico they are asking to put now again. can I put the flu vaccine in mexico now?? it's beens only 5 months gap, it that fine?