Flu clinics are now open throughout the province and those people considered to be ‘at risk’ are encouraged to get in line.
This is the first year all healthy children between six months and five years will be eligible to be vaccinated for free.
Each year youngsters are among those most severely affected by complications from the flu because their immune systems are still developing.
Provincial Health Officer Doctor Perry Kendall says right now there’s very little flu activity.
More than two-thousand community pharmacists in BC are also authorized to provide the flu vaccine.
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