The 2023 flu vaccination campaign has been approved. The Public Health Commission has officially announced that the process will begin in the last week of September, and people in need of vaccination will be able to start requesting appointments based on guidance from each community.
Vaccination campaigns usually start in October but have been brought forward this year. Apart from, Those who request may also receive COVID-19 vaccine, From 2023 onwards these activities will be carried out jointly.
For those at high risk, getting a flu shot is necessary because, in addition to the viruses that live with us every winter, evolve and change their antigenic characteristics, So when a new dose is applied, there is protection against the last 3 or 4 variants.
Flu vaccination dates
The 2023 influenza vaccination campaign will begin on September 25 and will continue throughout October. Developed by the Public Health Commission. Each community must formalize a date to begin vaccinations.
Who needs flu and COVID-19 vaccinations?
Flu and COVID-19 vaccinations
Because you have a greater risk of complications or serious illness if you have these infections:
- Persons 60 years of age or older.
- Persons 5 years of age or older in disability centers and nursing homes, as well as other long-term residents and residents of closed institutions.
- People under 60 years of age with the following risk conditions: diabetes and Cushing’s syndrome, morbid obesity (BMI ≥40 in adults, ≥35 in adolescents, or ≥3DS in children), chronic cardiovascular disease, neurological or respiratory disease Diseases, including bronchopulmonary dysplasia, cystic fibrosis and asthma, chronic kidney disease and nephrotic syndrome, hemoglobinopathies and anemia or hemophilia, other coagulation disorders and chronic bleeding disorders, and receipt of blood products and multiple transfusions, without Spleen or dysfunction, severe splenic disease, chronic liver disease including chronic alcoholism, severe neuromuscular disease, immunosuppression including primary immunodeficiency and immunodeficiency caused by HIV infection or drugs, and complement deficiencies in transplant recipients1 ), cancers and hematological malignancies, cerebrospinal fluid fistulas and cochlear implants or waiting, celiac disease, chronic inflammation, disorders and diseases that lead to cognitive impairment: Down syndrome, dementia, etc.
- Pregnant women in any trimester of pregnancy and women in the postpartum period (up to 6 months postpartum and not vaccinated during pregnancy).
- People with high levels of immunosuppression: generally refers to hematopoietic progenitor cell transplants, solid organ transplants, chronic renal failure, HIV infection with low CD4 counts (<200 cells/ml), certain primary immune deficiencies, and those undergoing treatment people. Certain immunosuppressive therapies. Cohabitants of persons suffering from other high-risk and geriatric diseases defined in paragraphs 1 and 3 may also be included.
To reduce the impact and maintenance of critical and essential services to the community:
- Personnel from public and private health and social health centers and institutions (health and non-health care).
- Personnel engaged in essential public services, with particular attention to the following sub-groups: national security forces and institutions on which the country, region or locality depends, as well as the armed forces, firefighters and civil protection services.
Flu vaccination
In addition to the above, it is recommended that the following groups of people receive influenza vaccination:
- Population of children aged 6-59 months.
- People 5 to 59 years of age are at higher risk for complications from the flu (people 5 to 18 years of age, those on long-term treatment with acetylsalicylic acid because Reye’s syndrome may occur after the flu, and smokers).
- Students undertake internships at the Center for Health and Social Care.
- Persons who have direct occupational contact with animals or their secretions in poultry, pig or mink farms or farms, or with wild fauna (birds, wild boars or mustelids), such as ranchers, veterinarians, farm workers, hunters, ornithologists The purpose of home, environmental protection personnel, security personnel, zoos, etc. is to reduce the chance of simultaneous infection of humans and poultry or pig viruses, and to reduce the possibility of recombination or gene exchange between the two viruses.