THE ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH IS URGING PARENTS TO MAKE SURE THEIR CHILDREN GET THE ANNUAL FLU SHOT AS WELL AS THE NEW COVID-19 BOOSTER.

STATE PUBLIC OFFICIALS ARE FOLLOWING RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE C-D-C THAT KIDS AGES FIVE AND OLDER BE VACCINATED WITH THE NEW COVID BOOSTER, WHICH PROTECTS AGAINST THE OMICRON VARIANT. CHILDREN SIX MONTHS AND UP SHOULD ALSO GET A FLU SHOT. SPOKESPERSON MIKE CLAFFEY EXPLAINS THE CONCERN.

CLAFFEY SAYS THIS IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER SINCE THERE'S BEEN A RECENT SURGE IN SERIOUS RESPIRATORY ILLNESS AMONG KIDS.

MORE THAN 890-THOUSAND ILLINOISANS HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED THE NEW COVID BOOSTER.