The flu/covid vaccine is now open to the whole population

From Thursday, November 7, self-placement is open and vaccination starts on Monday, November 11

On Monday, November 11, the flu / covid vaccination campaign is now open to the entire population, that is, those for whom vaccination is recommended to avoid problems in their health status.

Everyone in these groups can now request an appointment through the Salud Informa application.

Vaccination began on October 1 in nursing homes and health and social workers attached to these residences, as well as primary school caregivers and pregnant women. After that, other population groups for whom vaccination is recommended were added to the campaign, such as those over 85 years of age, for whom the vaccine began to be given on October 14, or children, from 21 October.

Starting this Monday, the vaccine can be obtained for all groups for which this vaccine is recommended. The basic goal of the campaign is to protect against flu and covid people with a greater probability of problems due to age or previous pathologies.

Target population groups for influenza and covid vaccination

A.- Due to the greater risk of complications or serious conditions if the victim of these diseases, it is included in this group.

– People aged 60 or over.

– People aged 5 years or older who live in disability centers and nursing homes, as well as other long-term institutionalized people and residents in closed institutions.

– Children under 60 years of age with risk conditions, such as diabetes mellitus, morbid obesity, cardiovascular, patient or respiratory diseases, including broncho-pulmonary dysplasia, cystic fibrosis, immunity, among others another. All these risk conditions are explained in the document attached to this notice.

– Pregnant women in any trimester of pregnancy and women in the postpartum period (up to 6 months after delivery and who have not been vaccinated during pregnancy).

– People living with those who have a high level of immunosuppression. Other higher-risk populations and older diseases, described in subsections 1 and 3, may also be included.

B. To minimize the impact and maintenance of essential and necessary services for the community, this group includes:

Workers from public and private health care and social health institutions (both health care and non-health care, except for students for whom only the flu vaccine is recommended).

People who work in essential public services, with special emphasis on the following sub-groups: Forces and security agencies of the state, with national, regional or local dependencies. Firefighters. Civil defense services.

Target population groups against influenza

– People between 5 and 59 years of age who have a higher risk of complications from the flu, such as people between 5 and 18 years of age who receive long-term treatment with acetylsalicylic acid, because they may develop syndrome Reye developed after the flu, and smokers.

– Students in internships in health and social institutions.

– People with direct working knowledge of animals or their secrets on poultry, pig or mink farms or farms or wildlife (birds, wild boar or mustelids)

– Population of children aged 6-59 months. Children under the age of 2 will be given an intramuscular injection and from the age of two they will receive the vaccine through an intranasal dose.

– Workers at day care centers and early childhood education centers (under 5 years old)

Appointments outside the normal flu/covid cycle

There are population groups where the vaccine is recommended that will not be able to make an appointment through the Salud Informa application. In this case, there are, for example, daycare workers or caregivers who, because of their age, do not fall into the risk groups. In order to receive the vaccine, these people must have a nursing appointment beforehand.