{
  "id": 14621636,
  "title": "Seasonal influenza vaccine available at health centres",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/seasonal-influenza-vaccine-available-at-health-centres",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-15T05:36:32.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Peninsula Qatar",
    "slug": "the-peninsula-qatar",
    "url": "https://thepeninsulaqatar.com/article/15/10/2026/seasonal-influenza-vaccine-available-at-health-centres"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Peninsula Qatar reports that the seasonal influenza vaccine is now available free of charge at Primary Health Care Corporation (PHCC) health centres across Qatar. PHCC provides routine and seasonal vaccinations, as well as vaccines for travel, Hajj and Umrah, in accordance with the National Immunization Programme. Dr. Hamad Al Mudahka, Executive Director of Preventive Health Department at PHCC, highlighted the importance of raising awareness about vaccination and its role in protecting individual and community health. The immunisation programme covers several diseases, including measles, mumps and rubella (MMR), diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, polio, hepatitis B, human papillomavirus (HPV), pneumococcal disease, COVID-19, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and meningococcal disease.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}