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"The groups of people who are most vulnerable to serious illness from swine flu will be offered the vaccine first. In order of priority, these are:
?People aged between six months and 65 years in the seasonal flu vaccine at-risk groups (listed below).
?All pregnant women.
?People who live with someone whose immune system is compromised (for example, people with cancer or HIV/AIDS).
?People aged 65 and over in the seasonal flu vaccine at-risk groups.
Frontline health and social care workers will also be offered the vaccine at the same time as the first clinical at-risk groups.
The seasonal flu vaccine at-risk groups are people with:
?Chronic lung disease, such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), chronic bronchitis and cystic fibrosis. Also included are people with severe asthma who need to continuously or repeatedly use their inhaler or take steroid medication, or who have been admitted to hospital because of their asthma.
?Chronic heart disease, including heart failure, congenital heart disease, and heart disease caused by high blood pressure.
?Chronic kidney disease, such as kidney failure and people who have had a kidney transplant.
?Chronic liver disease, such as cirrhosis and chronic hepatitis.
?Chronic neurological disease, such as stroke, Parkinson's disease, cerebral palsy, motor neurone disease or multiple sclerosis.
?Diabetes.
?Immunosuppression (a suppressed immune system), due to disease or treatment. This includes people who have a damaged or no spleen, people having chemotherapy or other immunosuppressant treatment, and those on high doses of steroid medication. "
I don't think healthy children will be getting vaccines any time soon.