Vaccination Campaign Update and Recommendations in Castilla y León by Health Director Sonia Tamames

Vaccination against the flu virus is picking up pace in Castilla y León and the data managed by the Ministry of Health improves compared to last month. Nevertheless, They aspire to expand coverage, Therefore, it reminds the population that the campaign is still active and encourages them to get immunized if they are part of a risk group. Also, to those for whom the covid vaccine is prescribed, where the data shows a “fatigue effect.”

This is how he explained it today the general director of Public Health, Sonia Tamames, minutes before participating in the V Pharmacovigilance Conference ‘Sentinel Pharmacy Network of Castilla y León’, organized by the Council of Professional Colleges of Pharmacists of Castilla y León (CONCyL), the Ministry of Health and the Regional Center for Pharmacovigilance.

“I encourage people to receive this vaccine for a disease that, probably, from the indications we have, has already returned to normal behavior. It is likely that early next year we will face the flu epidemic as we have in previous years. Therefore, encourage people to get vaccinated, there is still time. The vaccine is available and the campaign is underway,” she stated. The director insisted that both vaccines are recommended, due to their benefits. “It is better to prevent and vaccines are available in health centers.”

As for bronchiolitis, which affects the little ones, its expansion is in the initial phase. Tamames recalled that babies born in March began to be vaccinated, with a high degree of coverage, more than 90 percent. “We hope to see this positive effect in neonatal ICUs that this year do not need to be reinforced thanks to the use of these preventive measures,” he concluded.

2023-11-24 10:39:46
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