A joint vaccination campaign against influenza and covid-19 starts this Monday at health centers in Menorca, Target population is 54,669 people 37,981 of them are also candidates for co-vaccination, that is, a reminder to receive a combined vaccine against infection with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that caused the pandemic in 2020.
The Menorca Health Region has received 11,240 doses of the vaccine, which began last Monday in residential settings for users and social health professionals, and Today it is the turn of ordinary people
Has certain risk conditions.Combination vaccines are recommended for the following groups:
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Persons 60 years of age or older.
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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.
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Under 60 years of age with high-risk medical conditions such as diabetes, chronic cardiovascular, neurological or respiratory disease, kidney disease, chronic liver disease, chronic alcoholism, severe neuromuscular disease, immunosuppression, HIV, cancer, celiac disease, chronic inflammatory disease crowd.
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Pregnant women in any trimester of pregnancy and women in the postpartum period (up to 6 months postpartum and not vaccinated during pregnancy).
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People who live with highly immunosuppressed people.
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Personnel from public and private health and social health centers and institutions (health and non-health care).
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Personnel working in essential public services, focusing on the following subgroups: national security forces and agencies, firefighters and civil protection services.
You can make an appointment by calling Infosalut Conecta (971 22 00 22) or the health center’s admission service.
What’s new this year
This year, as a novelty, it was included in the event Flu vaccination for children aged 6 to 59 months, will start on November 3 next year. Primary care pediatric consultation nurses will schedule children directly for immunizations.