Interview: NICD's Prof Anne von Gottberg on Preparing for Flu Season 2025

The director of the medical center, Dr. Elisa Juárez Fantoni, stressed that, as part of this effort, both the vaccines of the national calendar and the influenza dose corresponding to the year 2025 are being applied.

Interview: NICD's Prof Anne von Gottberg on Preparing for Flu Season 2025

As flu season approaches in South Africa, the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) is urging the public to get vaccinated , and to do so early. In a recent interview on SABC’s Morning Live, Professor Anne von Gottberg, Principal Pathologist at the NICD’s Centre for Respiratory Disease and Meningitis, broke down the latest insights on this year’s flu season. Her key message: getting your flu shot is more important than ever. Watch …

With the aim of strengthening the protection of the population against respiratory viruses that affect during the winter season, the Ministry of Health has advanced the vaccination campaign. This measure seeks to ensure adequate coverage before the increase of diseases such as influenza, COVID-19 and the syncicial respiratory virus (VRS). “Vaccinations are essential to prevent serious complications associated with these respiratory viruses, redu…

*The Health Secretary, Rigoberto Zamudio Meneses, highlights that the entity reached 104.9 percent of the goal set in the winter season campaign 2024-2025 The Health Secretary, Rigoberto Zamudio Meneses, reported that Tlaxcala is ranked first at the national level when achieving a coverage of 104.9 per [...]

The entry Influenza cases increase in Santa Cruz, ask to get vaccinated (17:15) was first published in El Diario

The Chilean Society of Pediatrics (SOCHIPE) made an urgent call to get vaccinated, after an increase in the circulation of respiratory viruses such as influenza, the syncicial virus and SARS-CoV-2 was detected. It should be recalled that the Ministry of Health decided to advance the Vaccine and Immunization Campaign 2025, focused on the risk population: children from 6 months to 5° basic, adolescents with chronic diseases, older adults, health p…