Since the start of the 2023-2024 season vaccination campaign on October 16, the Ministry of Health has administered nearly 400,000 doses of influenza vaccine. Specifically, as of November 2, a total of 399,514 doses of vaccine had been administered. That’s an increase of 21% compared to the 330,178 doses administered during the same period last year. By province, 38,771 doses have been administered in Castellon, 149,423 in Alicante and 211,320 in Valencia.
Despite the good results so far, Health Minister Marciano Gomez encouraged “people who are at greater risk of complications due to pre-existing conditions, as well as other patient groups such as health workers and minors.” » .
By risk group, more than half of the doses were administered to people with chronic cardiovascular and respiratory diseases (207,146 doses); a further 49,144 doses were administered to immunosuppressed patients, patients with diabetes, and those with renal and neurological diseases of patients. As far as health and social care workers are concerned, 62,106 doses have been given to people over 60 with no other risk groups, and 26,262 doses have been given to health and social care workers.
Targeting children under five without risk conditions is one of the new features of the campaign, with more than 17,000 doses administered.
Regarding covid-19 vaccination, 310,116 doses have been administered. The breakdown by province is as follows: Castellón 32,808, Alicante 118,355, Valencia 158,953.
The most notable of the total number of vaccinations by risk group are 274,870 people over 60 years of age, 18,522 health and/or social hygiene workers and 11,327 people living in closed institutions.