{"id":118787,"date":"2016-04-20T12:30:00","date_gmt":"2016-04-20T10:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/118787\/time-to-vaccinate-against-influenza\/"},"modified":"2016-04-20T12:36:23","modified_gmt":"2016-04-20T10:36:23","slug":"time-to-vaccinate-against-influenza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2016\/04\/20\/time-to-vaccinate-against-influenza\/","title":{"rendered":"Time to vaccinate against influenza"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Winter is around the corner and that means so is the influenza season.<\/p>\n<p>People usually develop influenza suddenly.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>Symptoms include fever, a cough, headaches, a runny or blocked nose, body aches or tiredness.<\/p>\n<p>While some people are able to treat mild influenza at home, others need to visit a doctor.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>In severe cases, patients may need to be hospitalised.<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t let influenza get you down.<\/p>\n<p>ER24 is urging people to have the influenza vaccine at a pharmacy or healthcare centre in preparation for the flu season.<\/p>\n<p>While the season has not yet begun, it is recommended that people receive the influenza vaccine as soon as it becomes available to ensure they are protected.<\/p>\n<p>It takes about two weeks for protective antibodies to develop after receiving the vaccination.<\/p>\n<p>Although everyone should ideally get the vaccine, the following higher risk groups should be prioritised:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Children between the ages of six months and five years.<\/li>\n<li>Adults and children who come into contact with those who are high-risk.<\/li>\n<li>People over the age of 65.<\/li>\n<li>Adults and children who receive medical care for or who have conditions such as diabetes, chronic pulmonary and cardiac disease and chronic renal diseases.<\/li>\n<li>Pregnant women, irrespective of the stage of pregnancy. Women who are still within their two weeks after delivery should also have the vaccination.<\/li>\n<li>Healthcare workers due to the nature of their work.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>ER24\u2019s Emergency Contact Centre can be reached 24 hours a day on 084 124 for any medical emergency.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Other articles you may be interested in:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/112200\/typhoid-what-you-need-to-know\/\" target=\"_blank\">Typhoid \u2013 what you need to know<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/105944\/sexual-assault-dont-keep-it-a-secret\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sexual assault \u2013 don\u2019t keep it a secret<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"stream-item stream-item-below-post-content\">\n<div class='tenancy_slot tenancy_slot_1 jannah_ad' style='display: none;' data-query-id='a7b26cb5b027af620654771254a1a56c'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ER24 urges people to get vaccinated against influenza.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1848,"featured_media":119072,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[509,7,2],"tags":[1824,10718,979,969,10717,2734,7211],"class_list":["post-118787","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-editors-note","category-local-news","category-news-headlines","tag-er24","tag-flu","tag-germiston","tag-germiston-city-news","tag-influenza","tag-melissa-hart","tag-vaccinate"],"amp_enabled":true,"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Local news"},"tag_labels":["ER24","flu","germiston","germiston city news","influenza","melissa hart","vaccinate"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118787","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1848"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118787"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118787\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/119072"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118787"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118787"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118787"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}