Priority Groups for Influenza Vaccination
When there is an adequate supply of vaccine, everyone should get the flu vaccine. Those people at greatest risk for complications of the flu and those most likely to get or spread the flu should be immunized as soon as vaccine is available. These include:
- All children aged 6-59 months;
- Adults aged ≥ 65 years of age;
- Adults aged 50-64 years of age;
- Persons aged 2-64 years with underlying chronic medical conditions;
- Persons ≥ 2 years old with conditions that can cause breathing problems;
- All women who will be pregnant during the influenza season;
- Residents of nursing homes and long-term care facilities;
- Children aged 6 months to 18 years on chronic aspirin therapy;
- All health care workers; and
- Out-of-home caregivers and household contacts of persons in the high-risk groups.
