There is still time to get a flu shot this winter.
Northlanders, including many health workers, are getting immunised against influenza as flu cases around the county continue to rise.
Ministry of Health figures showed 35,440 influenza vaccines had been distributed in the Northland District Health Board (DHB) area so far this year.
The ministry said that referred to the number
of vaccine doses sent to vaccinators and was the closest approximation it had to the number of shots given.
Northland DHB clinical director Dr Alan Davis said the area was tracking to give the same number of vaccinations as last year's 37,850. This year's immunisation season started a little later than last year's, he said.
Dr Davis said 70 per cent of Northland DHB staff had been vaccinated, against a target of 75 per cent. That was up from 54 per cent last year.
