Combined flu and Covid-19 vaccinations are now available. People over 60 years old and high-risk groups in the Basque Country can make appointments starting this Monday and be vaccinated against both diseases starting on October 9. The immunization campaign started in nursing homes last week and will open to other groups on November 6, and they will be able to make appointments from October 30. In addition, influenza vaccination will be systematically offered to children aged 6 months to 5 years (approximately 73,000 boys and girls) for the first time.
Health Minister Gotzone Sagardui, together with the Ministry’s Public Health Director Itziar Larizgoitia and Osakidetza Public Health Project Coordinator Enrique Peiró, presented this Monday the vaccination campaign against influenza and Covid-19. 19 In Baskardi the plan contemplates reducing the age of the high-risk group from 65 to 60 years, thereby increasing the high-risk group to 700,000 people, in addition to systemic influenza vaccination of the pediatric population. The Basque Country has 864,720 doses of influenza vaccines and 400,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccines, both of which have updated ingredients to ensure better protection against different strains and variants.
Residents, people over 60 years old, people with chronic diseases or low immunity, pregnant women, professionals in the field of health and social health
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Who constitutes the risk group?
Residents, people over 60 years old, people with chronic diseases or low immunity, pregnant women, professionals in the field of health and social health -
Where will you get the vaccine?
In center of Osakideca -
when?
Starting October 9 for high-risk groups; November 6 for others who request it -
How to make an appointment for vaccination?
on the Osakidetza website or by calling the health center. Appointments are available for risk teams starting today.People who are not in high-risk groups must apply for an appointment from October 30
As the consultant explains, the immunization campaign starts as usual in nursing homes in the last week of September, and starting this Monday high-risk groups, including children, can already make appointments (via the Osakidetza website or by calling your health center ) vaccinations will begin next Monday, October 9th.
The rest of the group wishing to be vaccinated can apply for an appointment from 30 October and be vaccinated from 6 November. In both cases, vaccination or both vaccines can be requested.
stage
Sagardui explained that flu and Covid-19 vaccinations began on September 25 for people living in residential buildings as they are those most at risk. In the first phase, vaccination will also be facilitated for social health workers.
The vaccination campaign for high-risk groups will start on October 9, with priority given to the oldest people, those over 80 years old, who will receive a personal phone call from the Osakidetza or BetiOn service, who will be at your service if they need it vaccination clinic. own home. In phase two, appointments can be requested starting this Monday.
Sagaduy recalled that high-risk groups are residents, people aged 60 or above, people with chronic diseases or who are immunocompromised, pregnant women, health and social care professionals, caregivers and those living with immunocompromised people people, and children. Population between 6 months and 5 years old.
Phase three includes flu and Covid-19 vaccinations for the rest of the population starting on November 6, with appointments available to request from October 30. Osakidetza also partners with Osalan, through its preventive services, to offer companies and institutions the possibility to offer flu vaccines to employees in their workplaces.
maximum protection
Sagadoui explained that under the motto “Prevention is better than cure, get vaccinated”, the main goal of this year’s event is once again “to protect the individual health of the most vulnerable while safeguarding the collective health”. The advisor stressed that whatever the epidemiological situation is at any time, “it is necessary to provide maximum protection to citizens, especially the most vulnerable.”
Likewise, Sagadoui stressed that today, vaccines remain “the most effective preventive measure against influenza and Covid-19”, stressing that two “simple but effective” measures are frequent hand washing and the use of masks, the latter, especially Those experiencing respiratory symptoms.