Are you at risk?

This site offers information about Manitoba Health’s free flu and pneumococcal immunization programs for those most at risk.

Download the Get the Shot, Not the Flu brochure [français]
Download the Get the Shot, Not the Flu poster [français]
Download the Seniors and the Flu Shot brochure [français]
Download the Cover Your Cough brochure [français]
Download the Hand Hygiene brochure [français]
Download the Influenza (The Flu) fact sheet - [français]
Download the Pneumoccocal fact sheet - [français]

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You should get a free flu shot every year if you are:

• age 65 or older;
• a child age six to 23 months;
• an adult or child with heart or lung disease, or other chronic illness;
• a health care worker;
• a first responder (police officer, fire fighter, paramedic)
• a household contact of someone under age two, or 65 years of age and older
• pregnant (regardless of trimester or due date)

Flu facts:

• The flu is extremely contagious. It can cause serious illness and death.
• You cannot get the flu from the flu shot – there is no live virus in the vaccine.

Seniors and Flu Shots - Key Facts:

• The flu shot cannot make you sick (unlike flu vaccines in the past)
  
• The flu shot reduces your chance of getting the flu
  
• The flu shot protects people with chronic conditions who are more vulnerable to the flu
  
• The flu shot protects caregivers and their loved ones

An estimate 4,000 to 8,000 Canadians - mostly seniors - die each year from complications related to the flu.

You should get a free pneumococcal shot if you are:

• age 65 or older;
• an adult or child with heart or lung disease, or other chronic illness;

Pneumococcal facts:

• Pneumococcal bacteria can cause serious illness, including
  • pneumonia,
  • blood poisoning (bacteremia) and
  • meningitis.
    
• Most people need only one pneumonia shot in their lifetime.

Influenza Immunization Clinic Information 2007

• Brandon
• Central
• Interlake
• North Eastman
• Parkland
• South Eastman
• Winnipeg

If a clinic schedule for your health region is not listed here, please contact your local Public Health Office or Regional Health Authority directly for more information.

Not sure of your health region?  Click here.

Free flu and pneumococcal shots are available from:

• a doctor

• a local public health nurse, or

• a flu shot clinic in your area

Remember to bring your Manitoba Health card.

If you have any questions about flu or pneumococcal immunization, contact your public health nurse, doctor, pharmacist or call Health Links-Info Santé at:

788-8200 in Winnipeg
or toll-free at
1-888-315-9257