Galicia, Catalonia, Basque Country, Andalusia and Murcia launch respiratory infection vaccination campaign

Galicia, Catalonia, Andalusia, the Basque Country and Murcia will take place this week Autumn vaccination campaign Fight respiratory infections, including Coronavirus disease and influenza They will once again be given together to the elderly and at-risk groups, as well as babies arriving from the area for the first time. respiratory syncytial virus (RSV).

One of the most novel events of the season, the children’s calendar also introduces the children’s flu vaccine and the adult calendar lists smokers as a group at high risk for the flu. influenza.

according to Coronavirus diseasetarget groups have been identified and updated sera will be administered to sub-variants omicron XBB.1.5 the company’s Pfizer, whose first doses of vaccine have been distributed by the Ministry of Health.It is expected that as the campaign progresses, availability will increase and other adapted content will be included, e.g. modernhas been recognized by the European Union.

The health department also distributed 3.2 million doses of the vaccine it received from the agency. Shipra Unlike previous vaccines, it is a protein vaccine and is limited to those with contraindications to the mRNA vaccine.

The third joint COVID-19 campaign

In the third year, you will be vaccinated at the same time COVID-19 and influenza

– May overlap with other groups – Groups delineated by the Public Health Commission in the document “Influenza and covid-19 vaccination recommendations for the 2023-2024 season in Spain”.

Given the greater risk of serious illness, double vaccination is suitable for people over 60 and over 5 years old in disability centers and residential accommodation, as well as for people with other medical conditions such as diabetes, renal failure, morbid obesity or chronic cardiovascular disease, neuro Systemic or respiratory diseases, pregnant women or cohabitants of immunosuppressed patients, etc.

Staff of public and private health and social hygiene centers and institutions, as well as staff of essential public services (security forces, civil protection and firefighters) are also advised to do the same to avoid any impact on the system.

In addition to union, influenza In addition to children 5 to 59 months of age, it is also recommended for those 5 to 59 years of age who are at increased risk of complications: patients 5 to 18 years of age receiving long-term acetylsalicylic acid therapy – due to the possibility of Reye’s syndrome. smoker.

Finally, it should be used by students practicing in health and social hygiene centers and by people with direct occupational contact with animals or their secretions.

Declare war on bronchitis

Until now, only children under 2 years old who are at high risk for severe disease have been treated with antiviral drugs. virtual reality system; Now, 6-month-old babies born between April 2023 and March 2024 will also be vaccinated.

they will receive nirumaba monoclonal antibody that has been shown to be effective in preventing severe disease (not infection, as it is not sterilized) in the lower respiratory tract during the first breeding season in children under 1 year of age for 5 months. virtual reality system.

The virus is spreading strongly again after a break in 2020, especially last quarter, resulting in 17,102 hospitalizations, the majority of whom were under one year old (12,422, 38%), followed by those over 80 (7,618 hospitalizations, twenty three%) ).

The plan will now be developed while awaiting possible new strategies for vaccines already approved in the EU for adults over 60 and pregnant women.

community programs

According to information collected by EFE from various ministries, Galicia, Catalonia, the Basque Country, Andalusia and Murcia will launch the campaign, with the remaining regions to gradually join.

The first one starts tomorrow and involves three viruses: COVID-19 and influenza It will first vaccinate people in residences and centers for people with disabilities, and then gradually include the remaining target groups, calling them together through messages. Babies will be immunized against RSV in the hospital within 24-48 hours of birth.

Catalonia The scheme will start in residential homes on Tuesday and expand to over-60s and those at risk in mid-October; next month, it will start in primary schools for babies born between April and September 2023 Syncytial immunization starts in the center; for babies born between October and March 2024, syncytial immunization will start in the hospital after delivery.

andalusiaInstead, the VRS will start tomorrow, for which it has summoned parents of children under 6 months and under 2 years old with serious illnesses, leaving children born between 1 day and March 31 until next moon. The COVID-19 flu season may begin on October 16th.

will do the same thing MurciaNewborns in hospitals and health centers will be vaccinated against RSV from tomorrow, and influenza vaccination for children aged 3 and 4 in schools and under 3 in health centers from Wednesday. There is currently no specific date for the COVID-19 collaboration.

exist Basque CountryThe synchronized Covid-19 campaign will start this week and will be the only one to reserve nirsevimab for children under 12 months and newborns at risk of bronchiolitis from October.

Others such as ALacon and Cantabria They will start from the first day; in the second case, it also plans to reserve the first doses of coronavirus and influenza vaccines for disabled people’s centers and residences.

rioja RSV services will begin in the first week of October for infants, flu and COVID-19 patients, and for people in hospices; in a second phase it will be extended to people over 85 and health and social care professionals personnel, and in the third phase it will be extended to the rest of the population.

The first day of October, valencian community It will start immunizing infants against RSV, influenza and Covid from October 16, the same date Madrid has chosen, in its case, to start syncytial immunization from day 2.

The prediction is Canary Islands It started with RSV in early October, followed by influenza and COVID-19, and Ceuta and Castile-La Manchaalthough a specific date has yet to be confirmed.

navarreInfluenza and COVID-19 vaccinations will be given in mid-October, and RSV immunization will be offered to those born on October 1st (who can be vaccinated in hospital) until the end of December (or January, depending on the epidemiological situation) and 2 years of age The following people are at risk for many years.

Extremadura It has postponed its plans to November, when the campaign against influenza and COVID-19 will be launched and immunizations will be carried out within the first two weeks for people born after May 2023 and at-risk children under 2 years old.

Asturias, Balearic Islands and Castile and Leon They will announce details of their plans in the days.