Osakidetza started receiving flu and coronavirus vaccinations on October 9

Osakidetza started receiving flu and coronavirus vaccinations on October 9Jose Mari Martinez Bubu

Osakidetza to start receiving combined flu and covid-19 vaccine next Monday October 9. Gotzone Sagardui, Minister of Health of the Basque Government, has just presented the 2023 vaccination campaign, the main innovations of which include: Systematic influenza vaccination of children Between 6 months and 5 years, this affects almost 73,000 boys and girls from Basqueti.

Furthermore, another novelty is Age lowered from 65 to 60 be included in risk groups, thus increasing 700,000 people. This is the fifth dose of COVID-19 serum for everyone who adheres to all recommended doses.

So, on October 9, Immunization of high-risk groupsgiving priority to the oldest person, People over the age of 80 will receive a personal phone call from Osakidetza or BetiOn Services. If needed, these seniors will receive the vaccine in their own homes.

This most vulnerable group also includes People with chronic diseases and pregnancy

Any trimester of pregnancy and cohabitants who are highly immunosuppressed, such as transplant recipients. This vaccine is also recommended to professionals in the field of health and social care.

To face mass vaccination again, Euskadi has 864,720 doses of flu vaccine and 400,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine. The ingredients of both vaccines have also been updated to provide better effectiveness Protection against different strains and variants.

Osakidza will repeat flu and COVID-19 vaccinations this fall among high-risk groups

In residence since September 25

As Sagaduy explained, the immunization campaign has started as usual, Last week of September in dormitory Elderly people. In fact, September 25 last year Senior center users have already received the shots.

but starting todayhigh-risk groups can now make an appointment to receive the vaccine starting next Monday, October 9, through the Osakidetza website or by calling their health centre.

this Immunizations opening later To the general public.Therefore, other Basque citizens wishing to be vaccinated will be able to request Reservations start from October 30th for Vaccination starts on November 6. In both cases, vaccination or both vaccines can be requested.

Likewise, Osakidetza has partnered with Osalan for the third consecutive year to offer companies and institutions through its preventive services the following possibilities: Vaccinate employees.

“Prevention is better than cure, get vaccinated”

under the motto “Prevention is better than cure, get vaccinated”, Public Health Director Itziar Larizgoitia and Influenza Campaign Coordinator Enrique Peiró also took part in the presentations at the event, whose main goal is to protect the personal health of the most vulnerable people for another year, thereby protecting collective health.

Gozoni Sagaduy himself stressed the need to provide maximum protection to citizens, especially the most vulnerable, regardless of the epidemiological situation at any time.In this sense, he recalled Euskadi has been running a flu vaccination campaign for 35 years

and, Already threenow that it’s done From 2021, Immunization against SARS-Cov-2.

in a The COVID-19 epidemic continues to rebound throughout the summermainly due to social interaction, the Minister of Health stressed that today, the vaccine remains The most effective preventive measures Coping with influenza and COVID-19.Of course, keep in mind that two simple but effective precautions are Wash your hands often and wear a maskthe latter, especially those with respiratory symptoms.

How to request an appointment?

For this reason, priority will be given to high-risk groups first. If you belong to this group, You can make an appointment starting today Via the Osakidetza website or Call the health centervaccinations will begin on October 9th.

On the contrary, if you belong to other industries population Because you are under 60 years old or do not have any chronic diseasesyou have to wait until October 30. On this date, you can apply for the vaccine by: Web page Or call the health center to make an appointment for serum injection November 6.

updated vaccines

In the case of influenza, Osakidetza Has 720,600 doses of flu vaccine.a number indicates Expandable by 20% to 864,720 doses. The ingredients of these antidotes are updated based on epidemiological information collected around the world in previous months.include Four influenza viruses; two type A and two type B.

All these formulations are tetravalent and therefore, unlike trivalent, they provide Prevention of influenza B lineage 2,Apart from The three most common influenza viruseswhich will help reduce flu cases and flu-related hospitalizations and deaths.

at last, Booster vaccines against COVID-19 also updatedincluding the latest Variants identified from omicron isoforms.These coronavirus sera destined for residents have been distributed and will only be issued upon receipt of confirmed receipt About 400,000 doses of vaccine in Octoberthis number will expand with new deliveries in the coming weeks.