Toronto Star - Flu vaccine uptake for Canadians ‘stubbornly low,’ older Canadians not meeting targets

Amid a “triple threat” of COVID, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and influenza that’s been pummelling the health-care system, the NIA's new report has raised concerns about vaccination rates for the flu failing to reach the Public Health Agency of Canada’s coverage goal for older adults, Alessia Passafiume writes for the Toronto Star.  

“As Canada enters what is expected to be our worst flu season in recent years while still in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, it is more important than ever that Canadians get vaccinated against influenza,” the report reads. 

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