Pharmacists to vaccinate pre-teens in state flu plan
Tasmania is the first state to expand pharmacy flu jabs to pre-adolescent children
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Pharmacists will vaccinate children as young as 10 in the most permissive state-based pharmacy flu immunisation program yet.
The Tasmanian Government is expanding pharmacists’ powers ahead of this year’s winter flu season, saying it will make flu jabs more accessible.