Paid French flu vaccine Vaxigrip appears in Belarus

Polyclinics and private medical centres in Belarus now offer a paid flu shot with the French vaccine Vaxigrip. The 2026–2027 season vaccination campaign continues, including with this product.

Two vaccines are available in healthcare institutions: the French Vaxigrip, on a paid basis, and the Russian Grippol Plus, free of charge.

At polyclinics the shot with the French vaccine costs 23–32 rubles, at private clinics up to 55 rubles. At City Polyclinic No. 10 it costs 30.32 rubles, at Central District Polyclinic No. 2 in the Frunzenski district 23 rubles, and at Polyclinic No. 15 24.68 rubles.

Prices are higher at private medical centres: 37.55 rubles at Lade and 55 rubles at Ekamedservis.

The vaccine appeared in the regions at different times. At the Slutsk polyclinic, a paid Vaxigrip shot has been available since 6 November, for 32.42 rubles. At the Pinsk central polyclinic it has been given only since 10 November, for about 30 rubles.

At the Horizont medical centre, Vaxigrip is given only to patients who have registered in advance: no new deliveries are planned, and existing stocks have been allocated. On 23 October Belarusian media reported that European flu vaccines had disappeared in Belarus and only the Russian vaccine Grippol was in stock.

The French vaccine is also being given at one enterprise: on 11 and 12 November, from 9:30, vaccination with the product Maxi-Gripp is under way at the first-aid post of the main plant.

The Ministry of Health said that the vaccines Grippol (Russia) and Vaxigrip (France) are in stock and are supplied to healthcare organisations according to their orders. For those who want to be vaccinated at their own expense, state media report, foreign vaccines will also be available at medical institutions: the quadrivalent Influvac Tetra from the Netherlands and the trivalent Vaxigrip Tetra from France.

More than 920000 people have reportedly already had a flu shot. That is 10.1% of the country's population.