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Seasonal influenza vaccination is administered annually to protect vulnerable populations from severe illness and complications.
Priority vaccination against influenza should be given to people with cardiovascular pathologies and diabetes, as well as older people, pregnant women and children.
Seasonal vaccination against influenza has started in all Moscow clinics; mobile points will soon be opened and on-site vaccination of children in schools and kindergartens will be organized.
It is also important for representatives of professions with a high risk of infection, such as medical workers, teachers, educators, trade, transport and social workers, to get vaccinated.
MOSCOW, September 15 - RIA Novosti. People with cardiovascular pathologies and diabetes mellitus, as well as older people, pregnant women and children should be vaccinated against influenza as a priority, Anna Kosenkova, chief physician of Moscow clinic No. 220, told RIA Novosti.
Seasonal vaccination against influenza has started in all Moscow clinics, and 18 mobile points will also soon be opened at metro stations, MCC and MCD, which will work seven days a week and without prior registration. On-site vaccination of children in schools and kindergartens has also been organized.
“Priority vaccination is recommended for those for whom an encounter with an infection may be the most dangerous: people from risk groups - those who have chronic diseases, for example, lung diseases, cardiovascular pathologies, diabetes mellitus, obesity, as well as patients with immunodeficiency conditions. For them, infections are often more severe and threaten serious complications,” Kosenkova said.
The doctor noted that older people, especially those over 60, need to be vaccinated, since with age the body’s natural defenses weaken, so the risk of a severe course of the disease increases significantly. And also for pregnant women and children: these groups require special attention to protection against infections, according to the national calendar of preventive vaccinations and recommendations of specialists.

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