With the arrival of the flu season in 2024, how to get the flu vaccine?

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Is it necessary to get the flu vaccine?

A: Influenza (hereinafter referred to as "influenza") is an acute respiratory infectious disease caused by influenza virus, which seriously endangers human health. It is mainly characterized by fever, headache, myalgia and general malaise, and is often accompanied by systemic symptoms such as muscle and joint pain, fatigue and loss of appetite. Vaccination against influenza is an effective means to prevent influenza and reduce the risk of serious complications and death. The influenza epidemic season from 2024 to 2025 is coming, so it is suggested that people aged 6 months and above should be vaccinated in time..

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Where can I get the flu vaccine?

A: Members of the public can go to the community where they live for vaccination clinics, and some special vaccination clinics also provide influenza vaccines. The specific inquiry method is as follows: Go to the "Smart Vaccination" page along with the bid, Healthy Cloud or WeChat official account on the WeChat of Shanghai CDC (see Question 4 for specific steps), and select "Inoculation Point Inquiry" to find out all community vaccination clinics, public special-needs clinics and private special-needs clinics in Shanghai, find the community vaccination clinic in your residence and make an appointment by phone or online, or choose a special-needs clinic to make an appointment, and go to vaccinate according to the appointment time.

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What kinds of influenza vaccine are there and how to choose it?

A: This year, influenza vaccines approved for marketing in China include trivalent inactivated vaccine (IIV3), trivalent attenuated live vaccine (LAIV3) and tetravalent inactivated vaccine (IIV4), among which inactivated vaccines include split vaccine and subunit vaccine.People aged ≥6 months can be vaccinated with trivalent or tetravalent inactivated vaccine, and people aged 3-17 can also choose trivalent attenuated live vaccine.. For people who can be vaccinated with different types of vaccine products from different manufacturers, they can voluntarily vaccinate any kind of influenza vaccine, and there is no priority recommendation.

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Can I make an appointment for the flu vaccine on my mobile phone? Where can I make an appointment?

A: Members of the public can make an appointment to register by bidding, Health Cloud or "Shanghai CDC" WeChat WeChat official account.

Step 1: Find "Smart Inoculation"

Path 1 (1) Search for "Smart Inoculation" through "On-Demand Application" (APP/ WeChat applet/Alipay applet).

Path 2 (2) Click "Smart Inoculation" through "Healthy Cloud" (APP/ WeChat applet/Alipay applet).

Route 3 (3) Enter "Smart Inoculation" through "Shanghai CDC" WeChat official account → "Service Information →" Appointment Inoculation ".

Step 2: make an appointment for the flu vaccine

Switch to "Make an appointment by specific vaccine" and click "Influenza vaccine".

If the clinic has stock, you can make an appointment for vaccination directly.

Vaccination clinics in some districts use other platforms to make an appointment for influenza vaccine, such as "CDC U Health" WeChat WeChat official account in Pudong New Area, "Minhang Jieyi" APP or "Healthy Jing ‘an" WeChat WeChat official account, etc. For details, please consult the vaccination clinic where you live or pay attention to the announcement information of the vaccination clinic.

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How do I add recipients when I register for an appointment on Health Cloud for the first time?

A: After using the mobile phone number to register, you can make an appointment by adding the recipient with your ID number or vaccination certificate barcode (no medical insurance card is required).

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How do children make an appointment for influenza vaccine?

A: Children can make an appointment by an adult, add the recipient on the "Smart Inoculation" page, manually fill in the details of the recipient, and click on the child recipient to make an appointment. The appointment time and inoculation point are the same as those of adults.

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If there is no influenza vaccine in the vaccination clinic in your community, how to register the lack of vaccine?

A: If there is no stock, the vaccine shortage registration will be submitted first, and the outpatient department will send a notification message to the vaccine according to the subsequent vaccine supply and registration time sequence. After receiving the message, residents can make an online appointment.

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I have made an appointment for the flu vaccine. How to modify the vaccination time and place?

A: (1) Modify the appointment time: You have already made an appointment for influenza vaccine. Click "Appointment Registration Record" on the "Smart Vaccination" page to view the appointment and registration records. Click the corresponding record to enter the "Appointment Form Details" page and click "Cancel Appointment" to re-select the appointment time.

Tips: Adjusting the appointment time will not be blacklisted, and it will be blacklisted if it is delayed for more than three times.

(2) Modify the appointment place: If you want to modify the inoculation place, click the "self-service filing/file moving" button at the bottom of the "Smart Inoculation" page to enter the application page, modify the personal residence information, select the inoculation clinic and upload the residence certificate (it is not necessary for the special vaccination clinic), and then you can make an appointment for the influenza vaccine after approval (if the automatic verification in the large database is passed, the automatic filing and audit can be completed immediately).

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Old people don’t use mobile phones to make vaccination appointments. What should I do?

A: Older people can go to nearby community vaccination clinics to make offline appointments.

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How do foreigners make an appointment for influenza vaccination?

A:Foreigners can make reservations in the same way as China residents.