Ration for flu vaccine

THE Victorian health department says it will be rationing flu shots for the state’s most vulnerable as unprecedented demand has led to a nationwide shortage of the vaccine.

More than 1.5 million people have been vaccinated in Victoria so far in 2018, and supplies are now exhausted, Victoria’s chief health officer Charles Guest confirmed yesterday.

“This is a problem experienced by all states and territories as influenza vaccine uptake has been very strong following the high season last year,” he said.