PBAC backs free flu vaccine for all young children

Victoria has seen 20 times the number of laboratory-confirmed paediatric cases compared with last year
Jocelyn Wright
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Update 4pm, 26 August: The Department of Health has confirmed it will work to make the vaccine available before the 2020 flu season.

All Australian children aged under five will soon have access to federal government-funded quadrivalent flu vaccine, following a recommendation from the PBAC.