Influenza vaccination in Segovia comes to an end

Editorial published on November 6, 2023

Segovia lags behind in flu vaccinations in Castile and Leon.Data as of November 6 show In the first month of the campaign, the coverage rate of people over 60 years old reached 33.3%only after Burgos Accounting for 32.5%. The figures put Segovia well below the community average, with the community’s vaccination rate of 36.4 per cent well below the province’s 45.6 per cent Soria

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It is worth emphasizing that, as a novelty of this event, children aged 6 to 59 months are vaccinated.These minors are accepted based on their age Two types of vaccines: between children 6 months and 23 months Intramuscular injection of quadrivalent inactivated vaccine, because children under 24 months are not suitable for intranasal injection of attenuated vaccine, this vaccine is suitable for children under 24 months 24 months and 59 months.

In Segovia, 14.9% of children under two years old have received the flu vaccine, It is nearly five percentage points lower than Castile and Leon, at 19.3%. Accounting for 23.5%, Valladolid and Zamora They are the ones administering the most vaccines to this group of minors.Regarding the protection of minors 2 to 4 yearsThe province’s rate reached 13%, far lower than the provincial rate of 23.9% Avila, It is 16.2% of the community average.

respiratory syncytial virus vaccine

New immunization campaigns against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) reflected in first-month balance Castile and Leon received 6,938 children

dose Nirelimab antibody,this means 81% coverage People born between March 1 and November 3 this year (8,569 people).

In this case, Segovia is above the average with a score of 81.9% and a total of 521 doses of vaccine administered. lion Leading the province with 84.9% Salamanca The worst data is only 72.3%.

In Castile and León, a single dose of nirsevimab administered during the 2023-2024 campaign is included in the lifelong immunization schedule for children born between March 1, 2023, and March 31, 2024. The injection dose is given in a hospital or health center depending on the moment of birth, as follows: People born on or after October 1st receive monoclonal antibodies in the hospital after delivery; for people born between March and September, A specific campaign is carried out at the beginning of the virus season, with vaccinations administered at health centers or at the usual vaccination centres.

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