Flu vaccination campaigns may begin next week, with news to come. Sacyl decided to include smokers and children aged 6 months to 5 years, for which it purchased 25,000 doses of the intranasal vaccine, although injections may also be given based on age. The event will be run in conjunction with Covid-19 activities.
Vaccination will focus on people over 60 years old. The Ministry of Health of the Government of Castile and León is finalizing the dates. “The fact that it’s an intranasal injection means that not as much of the vaccine is given to children, and the effect seems to be greater because the reaction occurs where we are infected, which is the nasal passages, the upper respiratory tract,” said Territorial Health Services Director In a statement at La 8 Segovia, César Montarelo explained that in recent weeks he had reduced his concerns about the increase in Covid-19 infections.
Health believes that this rebound has reached its peak. Montarello stressed that according to data provided by the Acute Respiratory Infection Surveillance System, the number of respiratory disease cases dropped last week from 630 to 490 per 100,000 inhabitants.
“The increase in positivity is similar to what we saw in July last year,” Montarello stressed. “Last year was earlier because we had long-term restrictions and social relations rose sharply. Now, most conference dates are likely to be from the end of July to End of August,” he added. He also pointed to another factor in the rebound in cases in the province of Segovia in recent weeks: “Currently we have several outbreaks declared in residential buildings, while in other provinces in the community they occurred in April, May and June moon. “
Data provided by the Junta of Castile and Leon show that positive cases increased by 321% in the province of Segovia between August 20 and September 1. The committee also revealed that the number of coronavirus patients admitted to the General Hospital has also doubled, from 10 on August 19 to 35 on September 4.
But it sends a message of reassurance. “The impacts on the healthcare system are currently minimal; they are unlike other periods of Covid-19. We are in the normal situation that has been seen last year and now cases will start to decrease. The World Health Organization and the Inter-Territorial Health Council have taken precautionary decisions , and recommends vaccination against influenza and Covid-19 before the start of the flu season, which is relatively stable and starts, as always, in October. The population over 60 years old and high-risk groups will be vaccinated,” Montarelo concluded.