Flu and covid-19: Everything you need to know about vaccination campaign starting today – News

For the first time this year, pharmacies will be administering the covid-19 vaccine, which we understand will be given at the same time as the flu shot. The European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) estimates that a high proportion of COVID-19 vaccine protection in people over 60 years old could prevent 21% to 32% of hospitalizations.

Epidemiologist Manuel Carmo Gomes said the “first priority” of the vaccination campaign that starts today has not yet begun, or has not yet started to target as many people as possible at “huge risk” , because Covid-19 is not going away. “It’s not worth having any illusions that we can interrupt the spread of the virus.” “We will prevent large numbers of people from going to hospital and we are reducing the impact of the basic objective: to protect lives and protect the national health system, so prioritize these people.” That’s it It will happen,” he reiterated.

Meanwhile, Direção-Geral da Saúde acknowledged that opening seasonal vaccinations to the under-60 age group could be considered, as long as the two high-risk groups are not harmed.

Who can get the vaccine at this time? Where are the vaccines given? Do I need to tag it? Come here to answer all these questions.

What are the vaccination options?

Seasonal vaccinations to boost resistance against covid-19:

• Professional staff and residents/residents in Educated Persons Residential Buildings (ERPI), similar institutions, National Network of Comprehensive Continuing Care (RNCCI), and prison facilities;
• People aged 60 or above;
• People between the ages of 5 and 59 with dangerous medical conditions;
• Pregnancy; Health care services (public and private) professionals and other health care providers;
• clinical stage students;
• Firefighters were involved in transporting teachers and paramedics to dependents.

Risk pathologies to consider when vaccinating people under 60 years of age:

• Active malignancy;
• transplant;
• HIV infection;
• Nervous system disease;
• Doenzas Mantes;
• chronic liver disease;
• diabetes;
• obesity;
• Chronic systemic inflammatory/autoimmune diseases;
• People receiving long-term treatment with biologic drugs;
• cardiovascular disease (heart failure, cardiomyopathy, pulmonary hypertension, and coronary heart disease/acute myocardial infarction);
• Chronic kidney disease, chronic lung disease and other conditions such as trisomy21.

Cleanthas:

• Primary vaccination of children between 6 months and 4 years with risk conditions using Comirnaty 3 µg in cows suitable for autumn and winter 2023-2024.

Who does not belong to these groups, can he also get vaccinated?

In the published criteria, the DGS said that all persons who are not eligible for seasonal booster vaccination against covid-19, or who do not have an updated recommended vaccination schedule (primary or booster vaccination schedule) must be vaccinated at the first opportunity Make an update.

When and where can people get vaccinated?

• when:
  • Vaccinations will begin on September 29.

• Where:
  • In community pharmacies, for people aged 60 or over;
  • We provide National Health Service (SNS) healthcare and health benefits to people under 60 years of age.

This specification defines community pharmacy The vaccine is available to people 60 years or older who have previously received the Comirnaty or Spikevax mRNA technology vaccines (marketed by Moderna) and who have no history of allergic reactions or serious adverse reactions after previous vaccinations.

• How is the dispensary conducted or arranged?

Vaccination arrangements are made through the Portuguese Pharmacy website. The form allows you to select the type of vaccination you would like (COVID-19 and/or influenza), including district and council.

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After entering the fields, the pharmacies you can use for this purpose, as well as the dates and times you can use them. After selecting the desired tag, you must first enter your data to follow the process.

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Active Alerts: Please note that this vaccine marking feature is not yet available as it must be administered at the nearest location. In this list, you can see which community pharmacies are eligible to participate in the fall and winter 2023-2024 seasonal vaccination events.

Sources in Portuguese pharmacies confirmed that although an online marking system was mentioned, each user can go directly to their own pharmacy for marking as long as they are authorized to administer the vaccine. SAPO24. Depending on the dialing method, you will receive a text message 24 hours before the selected date to reset the schedule for the pharmacy you should contact.

us SNS health agency It is necessary to vaccinate people under 60 years of age with dangerous medical conditions, pregnant women and two professionals with health services (public and private) as well as other health care providers, students in clinical settings, firefighters involved in transporting teachers and paramedics vaccine. Dependent people. Additional vaccinations will be available through our prisons and continuing care networks within prisons.

The DGS standards also indicate that persons to be vaccinated will be identified on the SNS by the Partilhados Service of the Ministry of Health (SPMS) and that the vaccination will be carried out simultaneously in community pharmacies in accordance with health standards and, in accordance with the pathological standards of risco, at the SNS in health units.

What is not followed by SNS?

For people with risk conditions not tracked by SNS, the rule states that the treating physician must issue a medical statement of eligibility for vaccination. The statement is issued electronically through the electronic drug prescribing platform based on a form provided by SPMS.

Do Portugal have enough dairy cows?

A second development reported by Izvestia last week was that the vaccines collected by pharmacies on the first day of the vaccination campaign were not enough to cope with the user-only reserves.

Mas o bastonário da Ordem dos Enfermeiros (OF), Hélder Mota Filipe, garantiu o contrario ao SAPO24. “Portugal has purchased enough vaccines to cover all vaccine needs for two different groups showing signs of vaccination,” the emailed response said.

Procuring the vaccine and distributing it to participating pharmacies is the responsibility of the Ministry of Health, “through the Service Utilization Committee for Hospitals (SUCH),” with OF staff ensuring “that pharmacists are prepared to respond to increases in vaccine coverage,” he said, adding , “This has been routine practice in pharmacies for nearly two decades.”

The Baton of the Pharmacists Association states that over the past two decades, “thousands of citizens have been vaccinated in Portuguese pharmacies against a wide range of diseases – influenza, hepatitis, pneumococcal, meningitis, human papillomavirus, etc.” wait.”

It should also be remembered that the government, through the second centralized European procedure announced last week, has authorized €222.32 million in allocations to purchase covid-19 vaccines until 2026.

Or what are your thoughts on vaccinations?

Maria Van Kerkhove, the WHO’s second technical lead on the covid-19 response, said “there are still big gaps in booster coverage” and “only 58% of the world’s population has received a booster dose”. This dropped to 30% in Southeast Asia and 8% in Africa.

Maria Van Kerkhove said these are “critical health groups” that require two booster doses to “prevent severe illness and death,” noting that hospitalizations and hospitalizations for intensive care are increasing in the United States and several countries in Europe .

Maria Van Kerkhove said: “The virus is evolving, changing. We will continue to monitor the variants in circulation.” She emphasized that the EG.5 variant is a mutation of the micron variant of SARS-CoV-2 and represents “about 39%” of the global coronavirus gene sequence.

*Com Lusa