A new decade, a new seasonal influenza: the Council of the European Union Recommendation on seasonal influenza vaccination

The editorial reviews the present wave of autumn-winter wave of the 2009 influenza A(H1N1) pandemic. Transmission, the historical pattern of human influenzas, countermeasure such as vaccination and the importance for special groups such as healthcare workers (HCW) with the emphasis on reasons for them to get immunised to protect their vulnerable patients who often belong to risk groups for influenza.  The question of whether there are also other groups who would benefit from seasonal influenza vaccination, such as young children who have not been exposed to the 2009 pandemic influenza and pregnant women, can only be answered by close European and global epidemiological and virological surveillance in the months to come