Montreal vaccination campaing begins

Flu season is here and public health officials are reminding people to get their flu shots. The annual flu vaccination campaign begins today with the goal to get more Montrealers vaccinated.

One in six Montrealers are expected to contract the flu this season.

Infants between six and twenty-three months, adults over sixty, and those with a variety of illnesses are eligible for free shots. Pregnant women in their second and third trimester and those around newborn babies are also qualified for free shots.

Statistics show that the number of people getting the flu shot has dropped by fifty six percent. The amount of health care workers getting the flu shot has also dropped.

The Montreal Public Health Department is uniting with the CLSC and forty pharmacies to dispense the vaccine.