Seville, December 28 (European News Agency) –
On Wednesday 27 December, the Department of Health and Consumer Affairs of the Council of Andalusia, in partnership with the Council of Andalusia, launched a door-to-door vaccination day, in which 2,757 children aged between 6 months and 4 years and 11 months were vaccinated Influenza vaccination is provided in collaboration with the Directorate General of Public Health and Medicines Regulation and the Andalusian Health Service. This means that compared with an average of about 1,700 vaccinations on a normal day, 1,000 more people have been protected from the virus, or a 62% increase.
Salud y Consumo appreciates the responsibility and commitment of parents and guardians to protect the health of minors and insists that, as reflected in the press release, there are still 170,000 children who need to be vaccinated during this campaign.
Likewise, remember that given the impending peak in respiratory infections, it is important to continue to protect yourself against the virus through vaccination. A tool that has proven to be efficient and safe. To date, 110,195 children have been vaccinated against influenza, achieving a coverage rate of 40%. It should be remembered that childhood influenza vaccination began systematically during the last campaign in 2022-2023, covering 46% of the population in the first year from 6 to 59 months.
By province, Malaga tops the list with 648 children vaccinated, followed by Seville with 612 children vaccinated. Granada, 431; Almeria, 292; Cadiz, 241; Córdoba, 189; Jaén, 177; and finally Almeria, where 167 children were vaccinated that day without an appointment.
On December 27 this year, the Ministry of Health and Consumer Affairs set up a total of 309 points in the morning and afternoon to vaccinate minors between six months and four years and eleven months. The measure joins a door-to-door campaign targeting vulnerable adult groups that has been launched since December 12.
The current influenza vaccination coverage among children in the provinces of Almeria is 42.8%; Cadiz 29.3%; Córdoba 53.7%; Granada 42.6%; Huelva 31.3%; Jaén 52.5%; Malaga 34%; Sevilla is 39.2%. By health district, the three districts with the highest coverage are Jaén-Sul, with 64.1%; Guadalquivir, with 59.9%; and Jaén, with 58.2%. The least registered are Campo de Gibraltar West (20.2%), Campo de Gibraltar East (21.1%) and Seragades (25.6%). By age group, influenza vaccination coverage for children aged 6 to 23 months reached 47.4%, and influenza vaccination coverage for children aged 24 to 59 months reached 33.8%.
Likewise, they highlighted that children under 5 years old are the group with the highest incidence of influenza each winter and are the second age group with the highest number of hospitalizations due to influenza complications after people over 80 years old. age.
During the 2022-23 campaign in Andalusia, a 70% reduction in hospital admissions due to influenza complications was observed among vaccinated people. Children under six months of age cannot receive the flu vaccine, but they can be protected by their mothers receiving the vaccine during pregnancy, which is why the Department of Health and Consumer Affairs is calling on pregnant women to protect themselves from the virus, too. your child.
More information on the 2023-2024 vaccination campaign:
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