last year Galicia announced vaccine be opposed to influenza Immunization was administered in children under 5 years of age, with 54% completing this groundbreaking experience. Some 12,200 children, or about 11.6% of the group, have been vaccinated so far this season, according to Sergas, and while both the Ministry of Health and medical professionals agree that progress is good, pediatricians are urging parents to take action if a cold worsens People who previously gathered together will become more concentrated in closed places and cases will increase.
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“We need to improve Coverage Vaccination,” said Susana Rey, the organization’s president. Galician Pediatric Association. “This is very important. When families come to me, I always insist on the same thing: Vaccination is the best prevention against disease.” That includes the flu. “There are already cases of influenza that need Hospitalization In all the hospitals in Galicia, it is surprising that the same number of children under 5 years old are admitted as elderly people over 65 years old,” he said. In the hospital services or emergency rooms she directs, they have seen ” get betterRespiratory tract infections, viruses syncytium and influenza, which come in “at the same time.” “This is why we must insist on vaccination,” he stressed.
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There is no shortage of opportunities. In principle, it is experiencing “a general increase in the need for care due to the typical illnesses of this era.” But there will be more opportunities: Sanidade will again carry out vaccinations in hospitals at the weekend, which has achieved good results in 2022. Currently, Sergas has put it on the agenda to gather his family members on the 18th.
Wray noted that the goal is to advance vaccinations in “small increments” as it is about “maximizing coverage in the shortest possible time.” Focusing on immunization, the expert argued that children are not only “great spreaders” of disease (given, for example, that they live in schools), but that they also “many times” interact with grandparents, the elderly, etc. people contact. Another risk group.
For those who think flu is a “mediocre” disease, he warned it would lead to “a huge number of hospital admissions”. “Last year, coverage was 54%, but we want it to be at least 65% because the more we vaccinate, the more people in and around that age group will be protected,” the expert said. . He added that paediatricians have defended the inclusion of flu shots in children’s calendars and that Galicians are now “one of the best in the world, if not the best” and urged people to take advantage of it. “If I vaccinate my son, it’s because it’s good,” he claimed.
Yesterday, Health Minister Julio García Comesaña emphasized at the opening of the 73rd Congress of the Galician Pediatric Association that investments of almost 40 million euros in the Galician vaccination program have “improved” the protection of Galician children.