Seniors urged to get flu vaccine to prevent diseases, says D

PETALING JAYA (Sept 7): Senior citizens have been urged to obtain influenza (flu) vaccine to prevent diseases and subsequently reduce the risks of hospitalisation and death.

Deputy Health Minister Datuk Dr Noor Azmi Ghazali said this is because up to 70 per cent of hospitalisations and 85 per cent of deaths related to the flu occur among individuals of the said

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