“Mornings in Andalusia” provides all the details about bronchiolitis vaccination

On Monday, Andalusia started a vaccination campaign against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), the main cause of respiratory infections such as bronchiolitis or pneumonia. Jorge del Diego, General Manager of the Department of Public Health and Drug Regulation, explains all the details in Andalusian Morning.

In mid-September, parents began accepting appointments for vaccinations in two phases. “The first phase starts today – this Monday. We will vaccinate children born between April 1 and September 30 for two to three weeks, and in the second phase, starting on October 1, we will vaccinate all children born

” commented Del Diego.

Additionally, there will be management “Premature infants under one year old and less than 35 weeks old, and children under two years old with certain medical conditions.”

all An estimated 63,600 doses are expected to be administered The total budget is 13.8 million euros. Parents are urged to “don’t worry because SAS will call you”. It is said that “by around October 11, newborns will be vaccinated until March 30, 2024.”

The Director-General of Public Health has justified public vaccination against the virus that causes bronchiolitis, which has “very high incidence rates in late October, November and December”. In fact, he remembered, “Up to 70% of minors hospitalized with respiratory infections last year were caused by this virus,”

At its peak in November, VRS admitted 301 minors.

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Regarding the new crown vaccine, Del Diego has announced that there will be news this year. “For the third campaign in a row, we will be vaccinating specific flu and COVID groups, rather than the entire population. But The novelty this year is that we will recommend it to people over 60 years old and children from 6 to 59 months old“, he specified

The date to consider starting a combined COVID-19 and flu vaccine is around October 16.