The fifth dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, which will be administered alongside the flu shot starting in October to protect target groups from both infections, will reach 60% coverage by 2022, when it was supposed to reach “80- 85%” ». The Board of Public Health recommends them for people over 60, vulnerable groups, pregnant women, immunosuppressed people and health workers. Likewise, the Ministry of Health and Consumerism hopes that the vaccine against the Omicron XBB 1.5 variant, better known as Kraken, will have arrived in Andalusia by the time the campaign begins.
The health district of the province of Granada is finalizing the list of infants to be immunized against bronchiolitis – for the first time – and it will be the turn of both COVID-19 and influenza and combined management to recommend both. The campaign will begin in October, though the date could be adjusted depending on the availability of the vaccine, as detailed by the Interregional Committee on the National Health System.
In this sense, Catalina García, the Minister of Health and Consumption of the Andalusian military junta, does not consider it necessary to vaccinate the entire Andalusian population with a fifth dose against covid-19, because it has ” The immune system” responds to and protects against interactions with the virus. On the other hand, keep in mind that the 2022 figures are “short” with only 60% of the target population vaccinated when it should have been “80-85%”. The 2023-2024 season is targeting achieve 75% vaccination coverage in
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According to IDEAL, the Ministry of Health has not yet received instructions from the Ministry of Health, but the National Health System Interregional Committee has approved vaccination recommendations for this season. He recommends flu and covid-19 vaccinations for anyone 60 or older; inmates who have been incarcerated in nursing homes and disability centers for five years or more; pregnant women during any trimester of pregnancy and those who have not been vaccinated within six months of giving birth. women. It is also recommended for those under the age of 60 with high-risk conditions such as cancer, immunosuppression, morbid obesity, chronic kidney disease, celiac disease, or Down syndrome. Likewise, people living with these patients are also included in the list.
The product is also recommended for use by staff of public and private health and social hygiene centres, as well as staff of the national security forces and regiments, firefighters and civil defense.
Grenada Vaccines
Granada is being vaccinated against Pfizer/BioNtech, Moderna, AstraZeneca/Oxford, Janssen, Novavax and Sanofi. According to the Ministry of Health, only 10 doses of the vaccine have been administered in the province so far. The recommendation at European level is that the next season’s vaccine is a monovalent vaccine against the Kraken variant. “Newly adapted vaccines are expected to be available before the start of the season,” the interregional committee insisted.
On the other hand, one of the novelties of last season was the flu vaccination for all children from 6 to 59 months (up to 4 years and 11 months). It will be repeated in 2023, “strongly recommended because it is effective and safe”, as the Andalusian vaccination program admits.