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The flu and ARVI season occurs annually in the autumn-winter period. Vaccination is the main preventive measure against influenza.
The influenza and ARVI season in Russia will last until March or April 2027.
This season, the composition of the flu vaccine has been completely updated, all three components have been changed.
MOSCOW, October 13 - RIA Novosti. The influenza and ARVI season will last in Russia until March or April 2027, Elena Malinnikova, doctor of medical sciences, infectious disease doctor, virologist, told RIA Novosti.
“This season will last until March-April. You can get vaccinated in November and January. But it’s best, of course, at the beginning of the epidemic season,” the doctor said.
She recalled that this season the composition of the flu vaccine has been completely updated, all three components have been changed.

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