The joint vaccination campaign against the 2023 influenza and covid-19 started on Tuesday, October 3, in the department of Burgos. But for the institutionalized, the day has already begun. A week later, on October 10, other recommended age groups and groups began to be vaccinated.
Flu and covid-19 vaccinations are recommended primarily for people aged 60 years or older. In the department of Burgos, this includes 114,221 residents of Burgos.
It is also recommended for people aged five or older who are admitted to disability centers and nursing homes, as well as other long-term residents and residents of closed institutions. In fact, the campaign will start in nursing homes in the province, where the Junta of Castilla and León has registered more than 6,650 people living in these nursing homes in Burgos.
Population and dose
In the department of Burgos, the National Institute of Statistics (INE) registered 114,221 people aged 60 years or older. A total of 107,521 doses of flu and Covid-19 vaccines are due to arrive in the province. 8,088 doses of Efluelda, 39,918 doses of Vaxigrip Tetra, 45 doses of Flucelvax Tetra, 55,430 doses of Fluad Tetra and 4,040 doses of AstraZeneca will arrive. Total 107,521. This amount represents 13.5% of the total doses arriving in Castile and Leon. This will be the first shipment as 799,419 of the 805,500 doses in the contract will be distributed among the provinces in the community.
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In addition to all people over the age of 60, combined influenza and COVID-19 vaccination is also recommended for people under the age of 60 with certain risk conditions. Also suitable for pregnant women in any trimester and postpartum women who were not vaccinated during pregnancy. People living with severely immunosuppressed people are also asked to get vaccinated, as well as staff in public and private health and social care centers and workers in essential public services.
Flu vaccine recommendations
As a novelty, in the immunization calendar of Castilla and León, recommendations are made for influenza vaccination for children between 6 and 59 months of age (i.e. from 6 months to almost 5 years). There are approximately 11,489 children aged 0 to 5 years in Burgos department.
Children 6 to 23 months will receive the vaccine intramuscularly, and children 24 to 59 months will receive the vaccine intranasally.
2022 events
Castile and Leon’s 2022 campaign against influenza shows that 3 out of 10 people in this community have been vaccinated, accounting for 30.31% of the region’s population. The number of vaccinated citizens is 720,492. In the department of Burgos, 28.76% of the population has been vaccinated, which means 101,532 people have been vaccinated.