Vaccination campaigns against influenza and coronavirus are advancing.People over 85 will be immunized starting this week health center dosage, and health professionals.In addition, the agenda will gradually be opened in Salud Informa applications self-citation People suitable for vaccination: People over 60 years old and people under 60 years old with risk factors.
Teresa Tolosana, director of the Official School of Nursing in Zaragoza, noted, The vaccination schedules for the two vaccines are different It said anyone scheduled to receive a COVID-19 vaccine could get a flu shot at the same time; but the opposite, no, because the coronavirus vials are multi-dose and if not used, the remaining contents must be discarded.
What must be remembered is Joint influenza and COVID-19 campaign starts Monday 2 October In nursing homes, targeting the users of these centers and the health and social care staff associated with them. On that day, flu vaccination appointments were opened to children for the first time, targeting children aged 6 to 59 months. As Tolosana highlights, until last week, few children had been called up to participate in the anti-flu campaign.
The target set by the General Directorate of Public Health for this anti-influenza campaign is to achieve 75% coverage Among them are people over 60 years old and health workers.
At the same time, the monoclonal antibody nirsevimab from Sanofi and AstraZeneca is used to immunize infants under 6 months of age to continue prevention. respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), with the aim of avoiding cases of bronchiolitis and pneumonia, thus reducing the risk of hospital admission and serious illness. To this end, the health center actively recruited and received a positive response.