The Health Bureau has urged the high-risk group of citizens to get vaccinated against seasonal influenza, as it would take two to three weeks before the vaccine becomes effective. The Bureau said the peak season for flu in Macao is between January and March, a spokesperson said in a press briefing on 5 February. The Bureau assured the public that it had enough medicine, facilitates and equipment to deal with flu and protect the people's health. It has a strict monitoring system in place to oversee the situation, adding that it had no serious case or a fatality in Macao this year. The Bureau had also initialled the process to buy an additional 10,000 doses of vaccine for high-risk individuals. Since last September, the Bureau had provided free vaccinations to infants, minors, senior citizens, residents with chronic illness, staff in nursing centres, kindergartens and schools. The Bureau urged people to maintain strict personnel hygiene and if flu-like symptoms developed, to seek medical treatment immediately, then stay home and have adequate rest.