• People in risk groups are being given priority for vaccination against flu and COVID-19. For people in risk groups, the vaccination is free
  of charge throughout the country.
• It is possible to be vaccinated against flu and COVID-19 at the same time.
• It is likely that both flu and COVID-19 will spread this winter. Vaccination is the best way to protect those who are at an increased risk of becoming seriously ill.
• The vaccine does not provide one hundred percent protection, but it does mitigate the infection if you fall ill even though you have been vaccinated.

Risk groups are being prioritised

• People aged 65 years or over.
• Pregnant people after the 12th week of pregnancy.
• Adults aged 18 or over with the following diseases, diagnoses or conditions:
  • Chronic cardiovascular disease, including a stroke. For Covid-19, also hypertension.
  • Chronic lung disease, such as COPD, and severe or unstable asthma.
  • Other diagnoses or conditions that impair lung function or the ability to cough (e.g. extreme obesity, neuromuscular disorders or multiple disabilities).
  • Chronic liver or kidney failure.
  • Types 1 and Type 2 diabetes.
  • Conditions that severely weaken the immune system as a result of illness or treatment, including Down’s Syndrome.

• Children between 6 months and 17 years of age with diseases, diagnoses and conditions as described in the above list for adults.
• Household contacts, both children and adults, of people with severely compromised immune systems.
• Staff in health and social care who work closely with patients and care recipients with an increased risk of severe flu, for example in special housing for older people (SÄBO) and in home care services.