SPAIN – Vaccinations against influenza and COVID-19 will not be rolled out this fall because they have “slight differences” but are “complementary”, say virologists and pediatricians, vaccine experts.
So, on the one hand, they endorse the recommendation to vaccinate “all” children from six months to five years of age against seasonal influenza, since this is the age group most affected by this infection. On the other hand, they said the coronavirus vaccine would only be aimed at the “target population”, namely those with risk factors such as age or previous medical history.
Raúl Ortiz de Lejarazu, scientific advisor and honorary director of the National Influenza Center of Valladolid, met with Andalusia’s coordinator and coordinator of the Corona Vaccination Program in Santander on Thursday. This was explained at a press conference held by Vaccine Consultant pediatrician David Moreno, member of the Spanish Pediatric Association and coordinator of the Research Center of the Pediatric Institute of Seville, Ignacio Salaman Card.
The three appeared in front of the media while participating in the “Ninth Vaccine Update and New Approach Conference”. Two years after the COVID-19 pandemic, the vaccination schedule has changed, the course taught by the Menendez Pelayo International University.
The Director of the Influenza Center and the UIMP Curriculum pointed out that the Spanish Pediatric Association recommended the vaccination of all children last year, and in this regard underlined that the upcoming event will be free.
Unlike COVID-19, as he puts it, “flu kills healthy children, but very rarely,” but depending on the severity of the virus and the conditions it causes, between nine and fourteen children and adolescents die each year, “half of them “There were no deaths with risk factors.
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