Flu vaccinations in Elche exceed last year’s numbers

Elche. The Elche General Hospital and the Venalopo Hospital continue to carry out influenza vaccination campaigns aimed at protecting the most vulnerable from complications that can arise from the disease.

This year, the priority group for vaccination has been expanded to include disease-free children aged 6 to 59 months for the first time. In addition, vaccination is prioritized for the elderly and residents of functionally diverse centres, the population over 80 years old, health and social hygiene staff, people aged 60 to 79 years and other high-risk groups.

Member of Parliament for the area, Inma Mora

“, is satisfied with the data obtained, “They are higher than in previous years, so we must be happy, but we cannot forget that the vaccination campaign will continue until the end of March and we want to call on the population to remain vigilant and continue to be vaccinated responsibly. “

In the case of Venalopo Hospital, its medical director Rafael Carrasco, He emphasized that “the total number of vaccines administered this year is higher than the previous event, making Venalopo the department with the first community vaccination coverage in Valencia.” The hospital’s vaccination coverage rate for people over 60 years old reached 68%. “These are extraordinary results, but they are related to the inclusion of more age groups in the vaccination campaign,” Carrasco said, adding that “this is certainly a benefit for the population as a whole because what these data tell us , our citizens are protected, resulting in less transmission, fewer hospital admissions and less need for ICUs.”

While the vaccination campaign continues, Venalopo Hospital has registered 74 patients hospitalized with influenza, of which only one required admission to the ICU, 49 patients were hospitalized with Covid-19 and 37 patients with other respiratory illnesses Virus hospitalization.

On the other hand, the Director of the Primary Care Department of the General Hospital of Elche, Manoli IbarraTogether with the Medical Director, Jorge GuijaroEmphasized, “So far in this event we have administered 5,000 doses of vaccine, which is 35,132 doses compared to last year.” From the beginning of the event, the health department of the General Hospital of Elche convened key groups and sent a total of 47,733 text messages. and hold open houses and spread the word on social networks.

They of the General Hospital insist that “people need to participate in vaccination and raise awareness about vaccination, because this is the only way to prevent this disease.” In addition, they call on citizens to participate in the next event from the beginning, because “where will the peak of infections be?” Times are unpredictable and we must protect our children, the elderly and the vulnerable.”