From October 1 vaccination open to all for anti-Covid, flu and pneumonia

The important movement of the Region of Lazio includes more than 140 vaccination centers managed by the local health authorities, as well as the participation of around 3,900 family doctors, 450 pediatricians of free choice, 500 pharmacies and 20 certified facilities.

30/09/2024

The anti-Covid, anti-flu and anti-pneumococcal pneumonia vaccination campaigns will start on 1 October 2024which is open to the sectors of the population that are seen by ministerial proposals. For the vaccine against Covid 19 – whose vaccine will be available with more than 500 thousand doses and other boosters – it is possible to go directly to hospitals and centers of local health authorities, hospitals, polyclinics and hospital centers and scientific care.

The contribution of GPs, which will then be combined with community pharmacies, will be invaluable from the start. The vaccine against Covid 19 is available for the whole population, and is recommended as a priority for those over 80, guests of long-term care facilities, people with high sensitivities, especially those with marked compromise of the immune, health and social system. caregivers. In the next few days, the usual online booking services on the regional website and telephone requests for home vaccination will also be available.

Also starting from October 1st, the vaccination campaign flu shot it is aimed primarily at people over 60, frail people and children up to six years old; while the country anti-pneumococcal pneumonia it is especially for the weak and the elderly. The organizational tool was designed before the summer and is ready to go, confirming Lazio among the main vaccine regions.

Our Department is, in fact, among the first in Italy to buy doses to support the campaign against the flu, and one million and 305 thousand vaccines have been available since last June with the ability to increase. There Lazio region guarantee that doses will be given, above all thanks to the essential and vital work done by general practitioners, pediatricians of free choice and pharmacies. Lazio citizens will also have the opportunity to go to the vaccination points organized by the local health authorities, hospitals, polyclinics and hospital and treatment scientific centers.

Thanks to an effective and rooted network, and wide access to all anti-pneumococcal vaccination specialties, in Rome, Latina, Frosinone, Viterbo, Rieti and their own regions, it will also be possible to get a vaccine to prevent pneumococcal pneumonia: a serious, widespread and frequent disease, especially among people over 60 and the elderly.

An important move promoted by the Region of Lazio, based on 140 vaccination centers managed by the local health authorities, as well as the participation of around 3,900 family doctors, 450 payers with free choice, 500 shops pharmacy and 20 accredited facilities.