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Vaccination against influenza and covid-19
Anyone can become infected with influenza and covid-19, and most people will only experience mild symptoms. But for some, influenza and covid-19 can cause severe illness and lead to hospitalisation and, in the worst cases, be life-threatening.
By being vaccinated against influenza and covid-19, you reduce your risk of becoming severely ill. Therefore we recommend that people at risk of becoming severely ill should be vaccinated against influenza and covid-19.
Remember to follow our recommendations on how to prevent infection.
Questions and answers about vaccinations
1. Who can be vaccinated against influenza and covid-19?
The risk of becoming severely ill from influenza and covid-19 increases with age. Therefore, everyone aged 65 years and older is offered vaccinations against both diseases.
The vast majority of people under 65 years of age are not at risk of becoming severely ill. However, a number of health conditions increase the risk of becoming severely ill from influenza and covid-19, for example if you suffer from chronic lung disease, or if you have a severely impaired immune system. The Danish Health Authority recommends that you be vaccinated if you suffer from a health condition that puts you at higher risk of becoming severely ill from influenza or covid-19.
If you are unsure whether you are at risk of becoming severely ill, you can read more here:
People receiving early retirement pensionare also offered free vaccination against influenza
Vaccination against influenza of children under the age of 18 with a chronic illness may happen after an individual medical assessment.
For covid-19, the assessment is always done by a paediatrician. Very few children need seasonal vaccination against covid-19 and/or influenza, and the Danish Health Authority refers to the Danish Pediatric Society's guidelines for which children can be offered vaccination against covid-19 and influenza.
2. When can I be vaccinated?
You can be vaccinated from 1 October until 20 December 2024.
3. Where can I be vaccinated?
This year, the regions offer vaccination against influenza and covid-19 in regional vaccination centres and at Danske Lægers Vaccinations Service.
This year it is not possible to be vaccinated at the pharmacies.
4. Will I receive an invitation?
If you are aged 65 years or older, you will receive an invitation by Digital Post. You can see your Digital Post at borger.dk, e-Boks and mit.dk. If you are exempted from Digital Post, you will receive an invitation by post.
If you are under 65 years of age and it is recommended that you should be vaccinated due to you health condition, you will not receive an invitation. Instead, from 26 September 2024 you can go to www.vacciner.dk, where you can book an appointment.
5. I have received several invitations to be vaccinated. What should I do?
The official invitation from the Danish Health Authority and Statens Serum Institut will be sent throughout September to all persons aged 65 and above.
Many people have already received letters inviting them to be vaccinated against influenza and covid-19. Those letters are sent out as a part of a research project. If you have any questions about these letters or the research project, you can contact the research team using the contact information provided in the letters.
You have to wait for the invitation invitation from the Danish Health Authority and Statens Serum Institut. When you receive it, you can book an appointment for vaccination at www.vacciner.dk.
If you are under 65 years of age and it is recommended that you be vaccinated due to your health condition, you will not receive an invitation from the Danish Health Authority and Statens Serum Institut, but you can book an appointment at www.vacciner.dk from 26 September 2024.
If you have already been vaccinated against influenza or covid-19 this autumn – for example as a part of a research project – you should not be vaccinated again in 2024.
6. How do I book an appointment?
If you have received an invitation because it is recommended that you be vaccinated due to your age, you can book an appointment at www.vacciner.dk once you have received the invitation. If you need help booking an appointment for your vaccination, you can contact your region.
The regions' phones open when the first invitations are sent out in mid-September. You can find the contact information of your region here:
- North Denmark Region- Phone: +45 97 64 84 63
- Central Denmark Region- Phone: +45 70 23 24 15
- Region of Southern Denmark- Phone: +45 70 20 06 60
- Region Zealand - Phone: +45 70 20 42 33
- Capital Region of Denmark - Phone: +45 38 64 99 01
If you are under 65 years of age and it is recommended that you be vaccinated due to your health condition, you will not receive an invitation. You must therefore go to www.vacciner.dk and book an appointment yourself. Before you can book an appointment, you must complete a solemn declaration to confirm that you belong to a group that is recommended for vaccination.
Therefore, you must go to www.vacciner.dk and book an appointment yourself. Before you can book an appointment, you must complete a solemn declaration to confirm that you belong to a group that is recommended vaccination.
7. Can I be vaccinated against covid-19 and influenza at the same time?
Yes. You can safely be vaccinated against influenza and covid-19 at the same time.
However, the vaccines cannot be mixed in the same syringe, so you will need two injections.
8. Are there any side effects from the vaccines?
All vaccines can cause side effects, including the influenza and covid-19 vaccines. Some people develop a fever or a headache or feel a little sore at the injection site. These are common side effects that go away after a few days.
Severe allergic reactions are very rare. If you have previously suffered a severe allergic reaction after being vaccinated or after being injected with any other medicinal product, you should talk to a doctor before being vaccinated.
When the Danish Health Authority assesses whether a vaccine should be offered to a certain group, both the vaccine's effect and side effects are something we take into account in the assessment. It is well known and expected that the covid-19 vaccines, like all other vaccines, can cause side effects.Based on the existing knowledge, the assessment of the Danish Health Authority is that the benefits of the vaccines in relation to preventing serious disease is proportionate to the risk of side effects.
After vaccination against covid-19, some people have experienced various symptoms and illnesses, which are either new or existing symptoms that have worsened. If you have experienced what you suspect are long-term side effects after being vaccinated against covid-19, it may be a good idea to talk to your doctor about it.
If you experience injury after vaccination, it is possible to apply for compensation from the Danish Patient Compensation. You can read more about the Danish Patient Compensation here.
9. Can I be vaccinated if I am ill?
If you have a fever of 38 degrees celcius or more, or if you suffer from an acute and serious infection such as pneumonia, then you should postpone your vaccination.
It is fine to be vaccinated if you only have a slight fever or a common cold.
10. Which vaccines are offered in the programme?
This year, an updated covid-19 vaccine is offered, which is authorised and recommended by the European Medicines Agency EMA. The fact that a vaccine is updated means that the vaccine has been developed in order to better protect against the virus variants that are currently in circulation.
In the influenza program, persons aged 70 and above are offered a strengthened (adjuvanted) vaccine this year. The fact that a vaccine is adjuvanted means that it contains a substance that helps to enhance the effect of the vaccine, which means that the vaccine probably has a slightly better effect in terms of preventing hospitalisations in the older population.
Persons aged 65-69 and the remaining target groups for the flu vaccination are offered a standard flu vaccine like last year.
11. I am seriously immobile
Persons who, due to either physical or mental disabilities, cannot leave their own home - not even accompanied - have the opportunity to be vaccinated in their own home if they are in the target group for vaccination, for example due to their age or certain chronic diseases.
If you are very immobile and in the target group for vaccination, the home care will arrange vaccination for you. If you do not receive home care, it will depend on your region how vaccination is arranged.
The regions' phones open when the first invitations are sent out in mid-September. You can find the phone number for your region here:
- North Denmark Region - Phone: +45 97 64 84 63
- Central Denmark Region - Phone: +45 70 23 24 15
- Region of Southern Denmark - Phone: +45 70 20 06 60
- Region Zealand - Phone: +45 70 20 42 33
- Capital Region of Denmark - Phone: +45 38 64 99 01
Like previous years, nursing home residents will be offered vaccination at the nursing home.
12. Why are people under 65 years of age generally not recommended not being vaccinationed?
We know that age is the strongest biggest risk factor for becoming severely ill from influenza and covid-19.
This is the reason why we do not generally offer to vaccinate people under 65 years of age unless they suffer from a particular chronic disease or health condition that increases their risk of becoming severely ill.
13. Why are children not offered a free flu vaccination this year?
Children aged 2-6 are not offered free flu vaccination this year. In previous seasons, we have seen a high vaccination uptake among people over 65, which is the group we primarily want to protect with the vaccination programme.
However, the uptake among children has not been as high as we had hoped, and it has been decreasing in recent seasons since the offer was introduced in 2021.
The reason for vaccinating healthy children against influenza was primarily to reduce the general level of infections in order to protect the elderly and other risk groups. If not enough children are vaccinated, we will not get the infection-preventing effect at the community level and thereby not the desired effect of the vaccination programme.
We have concluded that it will require an extraordinary effort to get the uptake up to a level that makes sense for infection prevention purposes. In addition, those we want to protect against flu - the elderly and other risk groups - are already well protected against flu due to their own vaccination.
