Government-funded influenza vaccination coverage rate (2018)

Government-funded influenza vaccination coverage rate (2018)

In the government-funded influenza vaccination program for influenza season 2017-2018, as recommended by Influenza Control and Prevention Division and the Immunization Division under the Ministry of Health and Welfare Infectious Disease Control and Prevention Advisory Committee during the Influenza Control and Prevention Advisory Meeting, trivalent inactivated influenza vaccines (TIV) were used in eleven high-risk groups, including the elders aged more than 65 years, adults aged 50 to 64 years, pre-school children aged 6 months through 6 years, students aged 7 years through 18 years, residents and staff in nursing homes and other long-term care facilities, healthcare and public health personnel, poultry or livestock farmers and animal health inspectors, people with catastrophic illness and 19-49 years of age who have underlying medical conditions, pregnant women and parents of infants less than 6 months of age, and kindergarten caretakers and child-care professionals.