Srinagar : Amid the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) on Saturday said it is mandatory that all the people in general and high risk, in particular, should get flu shot in the month of September and October.
President DAK, Dr Suhail Naik said that they have observed in winters the incidence of flu cases surge and a large number of people fall sick in Kashmir.
The DAK president said that vaccination further reduces the risk of flu-associated acute respiratory infection among pregnant women by about one half.
He said a number of studies have shown that in addition to helping to protect pregnant women, a flu vaccine given during pregnancy helps protect baby from flu for several months after birth, when the baby isn’t old enough to be vaccinated.
DAK appealed the government that this year it is mandatory that all people should be vaccinated with flu vaccine so that people do not fall sick and overburden already overstretched health infrastructure.
