application health information In the Aragon region, self-booking services for influenza and COVID-19 vaccines will open from now on for people aged 65 and above Thursday, October 19th.
This week, vaccinations also began health personnel. The underlying goal is to protect those who are more susceptible to complications due to age or pre-existing medical conditions.
There are many types of people targeted by flu and COVID vaccines. Due to greater risk of complications or serious illness, Over 60 years old; Children over 5 years of age who live in residential homes, centers for persons with disabilities or other types of closed institutions; People under 60 years old risky situation -Due to diabetes, heart disease, lung disease, immunocompromised-; Pregnant women in any trimester of pregnancy and women in the postpartum period (within 6 months postpartum) who were not vaccinated during pregnancy; and with persons who are highly immunosuppressed People who live.
Another group is reducing the impact on and maintenance of critical and essential services to the community, such as public services.Staff in public and private health and social care centers -Health care and non-health care, except for students who are only recommended to get the flu shot-; People who work Public Service Important, such as national security forces and agencies (national, regional or local), firefighters, civil defense, etc. –
Flu vaccination
This year’s activities include two new things Notably, in addition to the traditional groups targeted by the campaign, it also includes Population of children 6 to 59 months Age – Under 5 years old – AND smoker.
Therefore, target groups for influenza vaccination include the following groups: 5 to 59 years old People who are at higher risk for complications from influenza; Patients 5 to 18 years of age who require long-term treatment with acetylsalicylic acid due to the possibility of Reye’s syndrome following influenza.
Smokers are also present; students working as interns at health and social hygiene centers; persons with direct occupational contact with animals or their secretions from poultry, pig or mink farms or farms, or wild fauna (birds, wild boars or mustelids) people; and the population of children aged 6-59 months.
to Children under 2 years old They will receive an intramuscular injection from two years onwards They will receive the vaccine via an intranasal dose.