2 March 2023 - PHARMAC is widening access to the annual funded flu vaccine to tamariki aged 6 months to 12 years, and will again offer it to Māori and Pacific peoples who are 55 to 64 years of age for the 2023 flu season.

Te Whatu Ora and the Public Health Agency have supported the widening of access due to expectations that health sector will continue to be under pressure managing hospitalisations from COVID-19 this winter.

Read PHARMAC press release