Cumulative, provisional data on the uptake of swine influenza vaccine each month since the beginning of the vaccination programme (October 2009) are given in the following tables for those in the usual seasonal influenza clinical risk groups, pregnant women, healthy children aged six months to below five years and front line healthcare workers. Healthcare worker data are collected weekly, so data to the end of the closest week to the end of each month are given in table 2.
There are no data available on the uptake of swine influenza vaccine by household contacts of the immunocompromised and frontline social care workers—the other groups identified to receive swine flu vaccine.
The data show uptake of at least one dose of swine influenza vaccine—most people only require one dose of vaccine.
Percentage Uptake by those in clinical risk groups aged under 65 years (including pregnant women) Uptake by those in clinical risk groups aged 65 years and older Uptake by pregnant women Uptake by healthy children aged six months to under five years October 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.0 November 18.7 9.9 9.1 1.0 December 31.7 27.2 15.1 2.9 January 34.8 36.2 15.7 13.5 February 35.7 40.0 15.8 21.1
Uptake by frontline health care workers (percentage) Week 45 (end 8 November 2009)1 15.3 Week 48 (end 29 November 2009) 27.1 Week 52 (end 27 December 2009) 38.0 Week 4 (end 31 January 2010) 39.4 Week 8 (end 28 February 2010) 39.9 1 The earliest data available