{"id":22657,"date":"2026-03-12T15:48:50","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T04:48:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mvec.mcri.edu.au\/?p=22657"},"modified":"2026-03-12T16:21:59","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T05:21:59","slug":"atagi-statement-on-the-administration-of-seasonal-influenza-vaccines-in-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mvec.mcri.edu.au\/hi\/atagi-statement-on-the-administration-of-seasonal-influenza-vaccines-in-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"ATAGI: Statement on the administration of seasonal influenza vaccines in 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">On 27 February, the national Department of Health and Aged Care released the\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.health.gov.au\/resources\/publications\/atagi-statement-on-the-administration-of-seasonal-influenza-vaccines-in-2026?language=en\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">ATAGI statement on the administration of seasonal influenza vaccines in 2026<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Influenza vaccines are recommended annually and are funded on the National Immunisation Program (NIP) for:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\">children aged 6 months to less than 5 years<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\">all adults aged 65 years and older<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\">specific populations aged 5 to 64 years who are at greatest risk of developing complications from influenza infection (including pregnant women, First Nations people, and those with certain medical risk factors).<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">For more details, refer to ATAGI\u2019s full statement, and <a href=\"https:\/\/mvec.mcri.edu.au\/references\/influenza-vaccine-recommendations\/\">MVEC\u2019s influenza reference page<\/a> which has been updated for the 2026\u00a0influenza season.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On 27 February, the national Department of Health and Aged Care released the\u00a0ATAGI statement on the administration of seasonal influenza<\/p>","protected":false},"author":493,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":"","_wp_rev_ctl_limit":""},"categories":[87,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22657","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-default"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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