VICTORIA is the latest state to announce funding for influenza vaccinations for children aged between six months and five years.
The $3.5 million program will see GPs and community health services offer immunisations with the vaccine, with the initiative following a similar announcement by the NSW Government earlier in Feb.
State Health Minister Jill Hennessy said she would continue to press the Federal Government to ensure vulnerable groups, including children, were able to access vaccines under the National Immunisation Program.
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