Parents will have more options when it comes to protecting their family’s health after a State Government announcement lowering the age requirement for pharmacy vaccinations.

Minister for Health Jenny Mikakos announced children as young as 10 would now be able to get their flu shot at a pharmacy.

Until now, children had to be 16 or older to be eligible for pharmacy vaccinations.

TerryWhite Chemmart Horsham pharmacist Amanda Carracher said while this year’s flu season had essentially finished, there were always ‘huge numbers’ of people getting vaccinations in March and April.

She said the change would help pharmacies further increase community protection against flu.

“The more people who are immunised, the less people who will have issues with the flu when it comes around,” she said. 

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