Influenza vaccination is already underway, and the autonomous region government has purchased 640,000 doses of vaccine, with a total expenditure of more than 7.6 million euros, including a new intranasal vaccine for children aged 24 to 59 months.
Health authorities highlighted the high coverage achieved during the previous campaign, with the province once again administering more than 100,000 doses. Last year, 104,970 people were vaccinated in the integrated care management areas of Albacete, Almanza, Erin and Villarobledo, 76,888 of whom were people over 60 years old, considered a high-risk age group One of the groups.
Risk groups and how to get vaccinated
Raquel Villalba, primary care program coordinator, explained that flu shots are given to people who are at higher risk of developing complications from infection and spreading the disease to others. People who provide essential services to the community.
“This season, influenza and Covid-19 vaccinations are recommended for: people aged 60 or over, people aged 5 or over living in disability centers and nursing homes, and others who are long-term institutionalized and live in closed institutions, ” commented Villalba.
It is also recommended for people under 60 years of age with risk and chronic diseases such as diabetes and Cushing’s syndrome, morbid obesity, chronic cardiovascular, neurological or respiratory diseases, chronic kidney disease and nephrotic syndrome.
Likewise, pregnant women in any trimester of pregnancy and women in the postpartum period (those who are less than six months postpartum and who were not vaccinated during pregnancy) and people living with highly immunosuppressed persons, as well as staff in public and private health and social hygiene Centers and institutions (health and non-health), personnel engaged in essential public services, with special emphasis on groupings such as national security forces and corps, with national, regional or local dependency and the armed forces, firefighters and civil protection services.
In addition, influenza vaccination is recommended for children 6 to 59 months old (under 5 years old), people 5 to 59 years old who are at higher risk for flu complications, and people 5 to 18 years old who have had flu complications. People receiving long-term acetylsalicylic acid treatment due to the possible development of Reye’s syndrome after influenza, as well as smokers, students doing internships in health and social hygiene centers and people with direct occupational contact with animals or their poultry, pigs or their secretions People mink farms or operations or wildlife.
No-appointment vaccination sites
Starting today, you can get vaccinated without an appointment at the vaccination site at the Albacete Specialty Center on San Juan Street for two weeks, Monday through Friday from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m., non-stop afternoons and starts Week 3 will take place at the same time on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday.
If they wish, they can also request an appointment at the health center in person, online or via the app.