The Junta de Castilla y León has started the vaccination campaign against flu and Covid-19 with institutionalized people today in Soria. Next Tuesday, the 10th, it will be done with the general population in the groups in which the vaccine is recommended.
Campaign news
? The campaign includes as its main novelty the flu vaccination of children from 6 to 59 months.
? During the autumn-winter season, babies born from October will also be immunized against bronchiolitis, which will be done in hospitals, and those born from March to October, in health centers.
Vaccine administration
In the case of people institutionalized in residences, vaccination is carried out by health professionals who will go to these institutions to administer both vaccines. Their presence will be used to vaccinate the professionals who work there.
Health and social health personnel will be able to be vaccinated against both vaccines in their workplaces, through the reference occupational health services. For the rest of the population aged 60 years and over or under 60 years of age with risk factors, the places where they can be vaccinated and the method of appointment will be established in each health area, according to their social, population and health circumstances. , among other.
The vaccination appointment can be requested a few days before October 10 through the usual channels: Sacyl Conecta App, telephone number of your health center and on the Castilla y León Health Portal
Dosis and inversion
For the 2023-2024 campaign, the Ministry of Health has purchased 805,500 doses of flu vaccines, of which initially 34,156 doses are destined for Soria, which will be expanded if necessary. The total expenditure is 10,527,058 euros, including the new intranasal vaccine intended for the child population from 24 to 59 months.
Regarding influenza, the campaign will be aimed at those population groups with a higher risk of complications if they suffer from influenza infection and at people who can transmit it to others with a high risk of complications.
The objective of vaccination against Covid-19 is to reinforce the protection of the most vulnerable people and health and social health personnel to reduce morbidity and mortality and the impact of this disease on care capacity.
Balance of the 2022 flu campaign
The 2022 campaign against flu in Castilla y León reflects that three out of every ten people in the Community accessed the vaccine, with the number of citizens vaccinated being 720,492.
In Soria, the total number of people immunized last season was: Soria, 28,572 (32.05%), the third highest percentage, only behind Zamora (34.71%) and Ávila (33.85%).
Immunization against bronchiolitis
Another novelty in the Immunization Calendar of Castilla y León is the incorporation of a new drug (Nirsevimab) that provides immunity against the Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV), whose infection produces what is commonly known as bronchiolitis.
With this addition to the immunization schedule, in Castilla y León a single dose of Niservimab will be administered during the 2023-2024 campaign for all children born between March 1, 2023 and March 31, 2024.
For this immunization against bronchiolitis, 13,000 doses have been purchased (500 destined for Soria), at a cost of 2,825,680 euros.
OTHER DATA
Vaccination against flu and Covid-19 is recommended for the following groups:
? People 60 years or older.
? People aged 5 years or older in disability centers and nursing homes, as well as other long-term institutionalized people and residents in closed institutions.
? People under 60 years of age with the following risk conditions: diabetes mellitus and Cushing’s syndrome, morbid obesity, chronic cardiovascular, neurological or respiratory diseases – including bronchopulmonary dysplasia -, cystic fibrosis and asthma, chronic kidney disease and nephrotic syndrome, hemoglobinopathies and anemias or hemophilia, other coagulation disorders and chronic bleeding disorders, as well as recipients of blood products and multiple transfusions, asplenia or severe splenic dysfunction, chronic liver disease – including chronic alcoholism -, severe neuromuscular diseases, immunosuppression – including primary immunodeficiencies and due to HIV infection or drugs, as well as in transplant recipients and complement deficiency, cancer and malignant hemopathies, cerebrospinal fluid fistula and cochlear implant or awaiting it, celiac disease, chronic inflammatory disease, disorders and diseases that lead to cognitive dysfunction – Down syndrome, dementia and others.
? Pregnant women in any trimester of pregnancy and women during the postpartum period – up to 6 months after giving birth and who have not been vaccinated during pregnancy.
? People living with those who have a high degree of immunosuppression.
? Staff of public and private health and social health centers.
? And people who work in essential public services, such as State Security Forces, firefighters or Civil Protection, among others.
In addition to the above, flu vaccination is recommended for:
? Child population between 6 and 59 months of age. This is a novelty in the immunization calendar of Castilla y León. Children between 6 and 23 months will receive the vaccine intramuscularly and children between 24 and 59 months will receive the vaccine intranasally.
? Educational center staff at any level of education.
? People between 5 and 59 years old who have a higher risk of complications from the flu. This group includes smokers.
? Students in internships in health and social health centers.
? People who work on farms, poultry, pig or mink farms or who are in contact with wildlife.
Vaccines for Covid-19
The vaccine to be administered against Covid-19 in the 2023-2024 season is a monovalent vaccine against the XBB.1.5 subvariant of the omicron strain, preferably XBB.1.5, which ensures protection against circulating strains of SARS-CoV -2.
Until the last week of October, Castilla y León will receive just over 400,000 doses of vaccines against Covid-19 from the Ministry of Health. These vaccines are received weekly. So far, nearly 26,000 doses have arrived at the Territorial Health Services.
2023-10-04 20:03:00
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