The Health consultancy This week it allowed walk-in vaccination points in health centers and primary care offices to receive the flu memory dose. In Granada, these special hours of immunization without an appointment are in all health districts of the province except the Northeast, which includes the regions of Guadix, Baza and Huéscar. So anyone interested in getting vaccinated against the seasonal flu virus can do so at capital, Metropolitan Area, West, Alpujarra and Costa Tropical. This measure is being taken, according to the Council, in areas where the “average coverage figures” for flu vaccination are not being met.
According to data offered this morning by the Ministry of Health, Andalusia has more than one and a half million people vaccinated against the flu in this campaign, which began on October 3rd. More specifically, 1,548,731 Andalusians protected from this disease. The flu vaccine has already been received by 63.9% of over 65s, the main target of the campaign, in particular over 80s and residents (73.5% coverage). In this group, by provinces, Almería has 121,736 people vaccinated (58.1% coverage); Cadiz, 201,124 (53.3% coverage); Córdoba 175,416 (68.5% coverage); Grenada 189,458 (61.3% coverage); Huelva 88,418 (59.6% coverage); Jaén 156,581 (69.8% coverage); Malaga 271,172 (51.8% coverage) and Seville 344,826 (59.2% coverage). The previous campaign, global reach in people over 65 reached 73.2%.
As regards coverage in the other main target groups, 87.4% of people residing in nursing homes have so far been vaccinated, 30.1% of children aged between 6 and 59 months (14.5% in Almería, 9.35 in Cádiz, 18.7% in Córdoba, 14.4% in Grenada11.2% in Huelva, 27% in Jaén, 11% in Málaga and 14.5% in Seville), 36.5% of nursing home professionals, 45.3% of health and social-health workers, 73, 5% of people aged 80 or over, 44.6% of the population aged 12-64 with pathologies, 58.3% of the population aged 5-11 with pathologies and 29.1% of pregnant women.
As for the number of reminder dose for covid, 1,141,031 vaccines were administered. Thus, since October 3, 82,818 doses have been placed in Almería; 156,394 in Cadiz; 131,590 in Córdoba; 133,595 in Grenada; 66,187 in Huelva; 106,273 in Jaén; 192,675 in Malaga and 271,499 in Seville. As regards the coverage of the booster dose, known as the fourth dose, so far more than 47.2% of the population over 60 has been vaccinated. As a noteworthy fact, it should be noted that since the start of the Covid vaccination in Andalusia in December 2020, a total of 19,909,407 doses have been administered.
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The flu vaccination campaign and fall 2022 souvenir dose campaign It started on Oct. 3, when people in residential aged care centers and disability centers started getting the flu and Covid vaccine. Also the over-80-year-old population and the staff and students of the practices of health and social health centres, residences and centers for the disabled.
On October 17, the shift began receiving files flu vaccine and covid of people aged between 65 and 79, as well as those aged between 5 and 64 with chronic pathologies, pregnant women, dependent adults and their caregivers. On this date, the infant population between 6 and 59 months started receiving only the flu vaccine.
On 24 October, it was people between the ages of 60 and 64 who started vaccination against Covid. From this date, groups of professionals, such as law enforcement and organizations, began to be vaccinated against the flu. In the case of prisons, it started with the coronavirus.
Starting from December 2022, and compatibly with the availability of doses, those who live at home with people aged 65 or over or people at risk will be vaccinated against the flu and Covid. People included in vaccination groups can request appointments through the usual channels such as the web ClicSalud+, the Andalusian health app and Salud Respondeby telephone via Salud Responde or by contacting your health centre.
