75% of Burgos’ population plans to receive flu and COVID-19 vaccinations

During the 2022 anti-influenza campaign, the vaccination rate for people under 59 years old in Castile and Leon reached 11.28%. The vaccination rate among people aged 60 to 64 years old is 42.22%, the vaccination rate among those aged 65 to 69 years old is 60.88%, the vaccination rate among those aged 70 to 74 years old is 72.99%, and the vaccination rate among those over 75 years old is 82.35%.

Management observed a decrease in the number of vaccinations across all age groups, but an increase in the number and percentage of vaccinations in the 60 to 69 age group.

In the province of Burgos, during the last influenza campaign, 60.94% of the staff of the regional health management department were vaccinated, which was nearly ten percentage points higher than the previous influenza campaign.

As for pregnant women, the proportion of pregnant women in Burgos province reached 40% last quarter. This proportion still wants to increase.

The campaign will also focus on pediatric children with high-risk conditions because, as Chicot admits, “We have not yet achieved satisfactory targets. We have engaged in aggressive recruitment and have really achieved good results in these health centers. effect, but even so, our numbers still appear to be low. Flu vaccination is recommended and required for pediatric children with dangerous medical conditions.

Target population

Roberto Sáiz, territorial representative of the Junta of Castile and León, recognized that one of the aspects emphasized was the provision of facilities for the target population. The project will start on October 3 for institutionalized people such as nursing homes or centers for persons with different abilities, and will continue on October 10 for other target groups.

For the influenza vaccine, the target population was calculated to be approximately 8,088 institutionalized persons, 45 persons allergic to vaccines or medications, approximately 55,400 persons over the age of 65, approximately 4,000 children aged 6 to 59 months, and approximately 39,938 persons Healthy people aged 60 to 65 years old. It is also recommended for use during pregnancy and within six months postpartum.

Regarding covid-19 vaccines, the rules are similar, but it must be taken into account that if they have had covid-19 disease within the past three months, they will not be able to receive the vaccine and will have to wait until three months later when they can receive the flu vaccine. Get the COVID vaccine.

In this campaign against influenza, a novel target group has been included: smokers under the age of 60.

Promote vaccination

Promoting information about vaccinations, how to make an appointment or about events is one of the priority objectives. To this end, vaccination of people living in institutional centers will start on October 3, and nursing teams from the primary care administration will visit these centers to administer influenza and coronavirus vaccines. Although both are voluntary.

“When the team meets patients with questions, fears and reluctance, everything is explained to them and their concerns are addressed. After this explanation, most people choose to receive both vaccines,” says Chicote and Nursing Director Itziar Martínez. “Most patients choose to receive both vaccines,” Martinez said.

rest of the population

Vaccination for the remaining groups also started on the 10th. This vaccination will be done at health centres. It’s a joint, staggered vaccination campaign and Chicot assured “no group will be left out. “This is scheduled based on the vaccines we have. ” As the representative of the territory assured, some 107,521 doses of vaccine have arrived in Burgos, with a budget of 2 million doses, but “if needed, more vaccines are available and the budget for the vaccination campaign can be expanded.” ”

Again, the campaign has no end date, not until at least January 2024. The goal is to extend it until the end of the bad season for these respiratory viruses, which has not yet begun due to the heat the province is suffering.

summons

The rest of the population will be vaccinated at health centers and doctors’ offices. Information about the event can be found on the Sacyl website and mobile app. Alternatively, you can call 900222000 or 012, as posters will be posted at the health center. Pharmacies can also provide information about the event, and information is also available on Sacyl’s social networks.

Appointments can be made by calling the health center, but primary care administration is asking people to book their appointments electronically, through the Sacyl website or mobile app. In this way, telephone or face-to-face appointments are freed up for people who do not use electronic media, and services are not saturated. Subpoenas will be enabled through the app and website until October 10, but as of October 3, the website is not yet available.