Castile and León begins vaccinating people housed against influenza and Covid-19. On October 10, the flu vaccine will be available to the general population in recommended groups. For 2023-2024 events, Ministry of Health to stock 805,500 doses of flu vaccinethis year included recommendations for children aged 6 to 59 months and for smokers.
Vaccinations in institutions began after communities received more than 400,000 doses of vaccine from the Ministry of Health. Its administration will be the responsibility of health professionals from the health districts of Castile and León, who will travel to these institutions to administer both vaccines. Their presence will be used to vaccinate the professionals working there.
Health and social care staff will be able to receive both vaccines in the workplace, by reference to Occupational Health Services. For the remaining people aged 60 and above and those under 60 with risk factors, each health district determines where vaccinations are available and how to make appointments based on social, demographic and health conditions. .et al., reported by Ical.
Vaccination Appointment Applications can be made through the usual channels, including the Sacyl Conecta app, three days before October 10., the phone number of your health center and the phone number on the Castile and Leon Health Portal. The bulk of the vaccination campaign will take place in October, November and the first half of December, although health centers always have a surplus of vaccine for those who wish to receive it later.
risk groups
Regarding influenza, the campaign aims to People who are at higher risk of complications from the flu and possibly spreading it to other people who are at high risk for complications. The vaccine is recommended for people aged 60 and over; people who have been confined to disability centers and nursing homes for five or more years, as well as other long-term institutionalized people and residents of closed institutions.
Additionally, it solves Under 60 years old, with the following dangerous situations Diabetes and Cushing’s syndrome, morbid obesity, chronic cardiovascular, neurological or respiratory diseases including bronchopulmonary dysplasia, cystic fibrosis and asthma, such as recipients of blood products and multiple transfusions, asplenia or severe splenic dysfunction insufficiency, chronic liver disease including chronic liver disease alcoholism, severe neuromuscular disease, immunosuppression including primary immunodeficiency and immunodeficiency caused by HIV infection or drugs, and transplant recipients and complement deficiencies.
return, Targets cancer and hematological malignanciescerebrospinal fluid fistulas and cochlear implants or waiting for one of these, celiac disease, chronic inflammatory diseases, conditions and diseases that cause cognitive impairment; Down syndrome, dementia, etc.), as well as pregnant women in any trimester of pregnancy and postpartum Women in the early stages of pregnancy (within 6 months postpartum and not vaccinated); People living with highly immunosuppressed people; In addition to people working in health and social care centres, and people involved in essential services, such as national security forces and institutions agents, firefighters, civil defense personnel.
Sacyl ruled out the possibility of vaccinating the general population with the coronavirus vaccine without risk pathology and under the age of 60. If a highly pathogenic variant emerges, there will only be another scenario, which is “extremely unlikely” to occur when a given virus typically evolves toward milder forms.