Area pharmacies — including CVS, Giant Eagle, Meijer, Rite Aid, and Walmart — are ready to administer flu shots now, as well as RSV vaccines for adults 60 and up.
Syringes are prepared for flu and COVID-19 vaccines in 2022. This fall, doctors and drug stores will be offering updated flu and COVID-19 vaccines, as well as new RSV vaccines for babies and older people.CLEVELAND, Ohio — The rollout of a new flu vaccine is a part of fall like football and new backpacks. But this year, the flu vaccine is being joined by an updated COVID-19 vaccine and new RSV vaccines for newborns and older people.
“We really do need to prepare ourselves for the upcoming fall and winter respiratory season, which will undoubtedly include COVID-19, influenza and RSV again this year,” Ohio Department of Health Director Bruce Vanderhoff, said in a recent media briefing. “The best way for us to protect ourselves from these three respiratory viruses is to keep up-to-date with the appropriate vaccinations.”
Rite Aid and other local pharmacies are waiting for guidance on the 2023-2024 COVID-19 vaccine formulation from the CDC, and for supplies to become available, a drug store representatives said. Parents are excited to have a vaccine to protect babies against serious illness caused by this respiratory virus, said Hiba Betka, pharmacy district leader at CVS Health. Her district covers northern Ohio.RSV, or respiratory syncytial virus, causes respiratory tract infections and spreads through coughs, sneezes and germs on surfaces. In children under age 2, severe RSV can lead to pneumonia and hospitalization.
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