About 2 million vaccines were initially ordered in August, according to the Ministry of Health. Officials also assured that manufacturers would provide more doses if necessary. “Wholesalers already have vaccines, pharmacies consistently order them,” Elzbieta Piotrowska-Rutkowska, chairwoman of the Supreme Pharmaceutical Council, explained at the August conference.
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We checked the availability of flu vaccine in pharmacies. After last year’s vaccine hunt, you might be surprised!
Warsaw was the first choice. In one of the Bemovo pharmacies, you can easily purchase the drug. Waxigrip Tetrathat is, the one that is reimbursed the most. Free, 100% prescription. both the elderly and pregnant women are reimbursed. A 50 percent prescription refund is available for children 6 months and older, people over 65, and the chronically ill.
There are also several pieces in one pharmacy Influvac Tetra, another influenza vaccine. This, in turn, is free for pregnant women and 50 percent. Compensation for seriously ill adults (including bronchial asthma, COPD, cardiovascular insufficiency, coronary heart disease). For the rest, it is completely paid. The distribution of this vaccine began somewhat later than Vaxigrip Tetra. Both influenza vaccines are “quadrivalent” formulations that provide protection against four strains of the influenza virus.
still missing Fluence Tetri, intranasal vaccine for children aged 2-18 years. Children are compensated 50 percent. just like the intramuscular vaccine. As the pharmacist explains, there is no nasal preparation in wholesale stores yet.
How are things in the rest of Poland?
Both vaccines are available at a pharmacy in Wroclaw near Wroclaw’s main train station. WaxiGripwhat kind Influvac. The pharmacist confirms that children’s nasal vaccine should also be available at the end of September or early October. Fluenz Tetra.
In Zakopane in Krupowki, depending on the pharmacy, there are vaccines or WaxiGrip or Influvacin Kalisz on Gornoslenskaya and in Gdansk on Grunwaldskaya WaxiGrip. In Bialystok, in one of the institutions, we hear that both types of drugs are available.
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How to get a flu shot in the 2022/23 season?
Last year, the Ministry of Health ran a campaign of free vaccinations for all adult Poles. However, the rules will be different for the 2022/2023 season. The vaccination service itself is free of charge for all NFZ insured persons. Whether we pay for the drug and how much depends on our age and possible additional diseases.
Free vaccines, or 100 percent. Refunds are provided to pensioners 75+ and pregnant women.
flu vaccines make up 50 percent. compensated for:
- people 65+
- adults younger than 65 but seriously illi.e. in humans: after solid organ transplant, with respiratory failure, bronchial asthma, COPD, cardiovascular failure, ischemic disease, renal failure, recurrent nephrotic syndrome, liver and metabolic diseases, including diabetes mellitus, neurological diseases and diseases nervous system, immunity, including transplantation of hematopoietic cells and hematopoietic malignant neoplasms.
- children 6 months - 18 years.
How to get a flu shot? First you need to get a prescription for the vaccine. The doctor leaves her. You will be able to get vaccinated just like your family doctor, i.e. primary health care, pharmacy or pharmacist.
The flu vaccine is only given to adults in pharmacies. Children should be examined by a doctor before vaccination.
Not every pharmacist will also be able to vaccinate us. To do this, pharmacists must complete a course and gain qualifications. Some pharmacists already have them, as they give us a coronavirus vaccination. More than 2 million 250 thousand of them have already been completed. vaccination against COVID-19.
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Source: FAKT
