Dmitry Lioznov, head of the Health Ministry’s influenza research institute, says new variants are circulating and all three components of this season’s vaccines have been updated.
New influenza variants are circulating in Russia, and people may not have reliable immunity against them, said Dmitry Lioznov, director of the Health Ministry’s Smorodintsev Research Institute of Influenza. He said all three components of this season’s flu vaccines had been
Lioznov singled out pregnant women, children and teenagers, older people, and people with chronic conditions as groups for whom vaccination is especially important. RIA Novosti reported his remarks. The warning does not mean every person has no immune protection. It concerns newly circulating variants and the possibility that existing immunity may not be sufficient.