Community of Madrid – Villalba starts second phase of influenza vaccination

Madrid Community starts this Monday Influenza vaccination phase twowhich includes for the first time Children 6 months to 5 years oldand For the region, it affects 250,175 children.

this How often the disease occurs in this group very high, Three to four times taller than adultsand also releases larger amounts of virus for a longer period of time, and They are important transmitters.

This immunization coincides with simultaneous influenza and COVID-19 vaccinations through booster vaccinations for people over 60 years of age and high-risk groups of any age, such as people with chronic diseases and pregnant women.

All this is carried out within the framework of a campaign coordinated by the Directorate-General of Public Health, with a budget of €19 million. This investment enables the Ministry of Health to procure 1.6 million doses of influenza vaccine, 100,000 more doses than will be used in 2022.

For this we have to add Children aged 4 years old will receive 28,000 bottles of intranasal medication Or who will meet them in 2023 (people born in 2019) and they were not immunosuppressed..

From October 16th to 29th Priority is being given to people over 65 and the health and social care professionals who care for them.the first week A total of 232,442 doses have been administeredQuantity: 133,754 influenza and 98,688 Avoid infection coronavirus.

accept this service In public primary care networks, users must Request an appointment with a caregiver. You have several options for this: in person, in your health center; Call the latter’s phone number and select option 3; Via the Health Cita APP or the Community of Madrid website.

Also at the Community Vaccination Center of Madrid, located at 15 Calle Aura, Madrid Capital; the Public Hospital of the Madrid Health Directorate (patients at risk); the Occupational Health Services of the Health Center and the resources of the Health District of the Madrid City Council.

The regional executive agency is also working with the Official College of Physicians of Madrid to vaccinate health professionals and with the Enfermera Isabel Zendal public hospital to vaccinate all people who need protection from COVID-19, including co-members.

In line with international and national recommendations, injectable drugs adapted to the new Ómicron variant (XBB1.5) will be used to protect against this virus.

In order to raise public awareness of the need to adopt this protective measure, the Ministry of Health is distributing posters and information leaflets in health centers and reinforcing the message through radio programs and advertisements in newspapers, television and the media.

On the other hand, also starting this Monday, the Madrid community will begin actively recruiting smokers through text messages to provide them with services to prevent diseases caused by influenza viruses. The applicability of this measure is explained because they are considered an immunization target audience of particular interest due to their health conditions.