Via New Straits Times:
" With the influenza A (H1N1) pandemic going into its second year, Malaysians are advised to get the three-in-one vaccine dose now available in public and private hospitals and clinics nationwide.
The advice comes as doctors in hospitals see not only people in the high risk group being affected by the H1N1 virus but also children, the elderly and healthy people.
Sungai Buloh Hospital's infectious diseases department head Dr Christopher Lee said it was advisable that everyone aged six months and above got the vaccine dose.
He said the influenza vaccine for the Southern Hemisphere 2010, out in the market last month, protected people from influenza A H1N1 virus, influenza A virus subtype H3N2 and 1 subtype of influenza B virus.
"The vaccine dose will protect against the current strain of the pandemic virus and the seasonal flu virus," he said at a media conference on the annual influenza vaccination with new Southern Hemisphere formulation at KL Hilton yesterday.
The new influenza vaccine was recommended by the World Health Organisation."
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