The event will start in Castile and Leon on October 3rd. Flu and Covid-19 vaccinations A week later, on October 10, it will be done for the general population in the recommended groups.
Regarding the flu, the campaign will target those who are at higher risk of developing complications from the flu, as well as those who may be at higher risk of transmitting the flu to other complications.
Get flu and Covid-19 vaccinations Recommended to the following people:
- Persons 60 years of age or older.
- Persons 5 years of age or older in disability centers and nursing homes, as well as other long-term residents and residents of closed institutions.
- People under 60 years of age with the following risk conditions: diabetes and Cushing’s syndrome, morbid obesity, chronic cardiovascular, neurological or respiratory disease (including bronchopulmonary dysplasia), cystic fibrosis and asthma, chronic kidney disease and kidney disease Syndrome, hemoglobinopathies and anemia or hemophilia, other coagulation disorders and chronic bleeding disorders, as well as patients with blood products and multiple transfusions, asplenia or severe splenic dysfunction, chronic liver disease (including chronic alcoholism), severe neuromuscular Disease, immunosuppressive (including primary immunodeficiency and HIV-induced immunodeficiency) infections or drugs, and transplant recipients and complement deficiencies, cancer and hematological malignancies, cerebrospinal fluid fistulas and cochlear implantation or waiting, celiac disease, Chronic inflammatory diseases, conditions and diseases that lead to cognitive impairment – Down syndrome, dementia and others.
- Pregnant women in any trimester of pregnancy and women in the postpartum period (up to 6 months postpartum) who were not vaccinated during pregnancy.
- People who live with highly immunosuppressed people.
- Staff in public and private health and social care centres.
- and those working in essential public services such as national security forces, firefighters or civil defence.
In addition to the above, it is recommended that the following groups of people receive influenza vaccination:
- Population of children aged 6 to 59 months. This is a novelty in the immunization calendar of Castilla and León. Children 6 to 23 months will receive the vaccine intramuscularly, and children 24 to 59 months will receive the vaccine intranasally.
- Education center staff at any educational level.
- People between the ages of 5 and 59 are at higher risk for complications from the flu. This group includes smokers.
- Students undertake internships at the Center for Health and Social Care.
- People who work on a farm, poultry farm, pig farm or mink farm or come into contact with wild animals.
administrative
Flu and COVID vaccinations will begin on October 3 at senior centers and continue on October 10 for the general population within recommended vaccination groups. For those accommodated in residences, their vaccination will be carried out by health professionals from each health district of Castile and León, who will visit these institutions to receive both vaccines. Their presence will be used to vaccinate the professionals working there.
You can apply for a vaccination appointment a few days before October 10 through the usual channels: the Sacyl Conecta app, the phone number of your health center and the Castile and Leon Health Portal.
bronchiolitis immunity
Another novelty in the immunization calendar of Castilla and León is the inclusion of a new drug (Nirsevimab) that provides immunity against the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), an infection with the usual Said bronchiolitis.
Castilla and León to proceed as immunization program ramps up During the 2023-2024 campaign, a single dose of niselumab will be offered to all children born between March 1, 2023, and March 31, 2024.
Depending on the date of birth, the medication will be given in a hospital or health center:
- People born on or after October 1 will receive monoclonal antibodies at birth in the hospital.
- For people born between March and September, there will be a specific campaign at the beginning of the RSV season, in October, where the vaccine will be administered at health centers or regular vaccination centres.
In addition, Nirsevimab will be used in children at high risk for severe RSV disease, including:
- For premature infants under 35 weeks of age, take a single dose before 12 months of age.
- Patients with congenital heart disease.
- Patients with bronchopulmonary dysplasia.
- Severely immunosuppressed patients.