World Health Organisation recommends annual vaccination to combat seasonal influenza infections like swine flu, which has killed more than 1,200 people in 2015 in India.
It is recommended that people get a flu vaccine even during seasons when drifted viruses are circulating. It’s because vaccination can prevent some infections and can reduce serious illness that can lead to hospitalisation and death,” stated the Geneva-based agency.
The flu vaccine has been designed to protect against three or four influenza viruses and some of these viruses may circulate later in the season, the WHO said in a report.
