Children from all over the O Salnés region, from six months to five years oldwent yesterday to the employ of Or Salnés Hospital to receive the flu shot. All had been summoned in advance by Sergas, who established a series of times to avoid long queues forming at the doors of the O Salnés hospital. The little ones received the flu shota decision that was made after hims doctors verified that the use of the mask had slowed the development of antibodies against this disease in children.
The entire vaccination program was organized by General Directorate of Health of the Ministry of Health, after the Xunta de Galicia agree to roll out the program to all health areas after the good results obtained in the pilot pediatric vaccination program developed last weekend in the health area of Santiago and Barbanza.
meanwhile a Pontevedra, two vaccination days have been set up, at the Hospital de O Salnés activity was limited to yesterday’s session only. The reasons respond to the number of children’s books that both areas have, the number is much lower in the O Salnés region. In the families were summoned via SMS from 10:00 to 14:30 and from 15:30 to 20:00, finding a small queue at the doors of the vaccination room of only ten fifteen minutes. Once inside the room, two children were vaccinated simultaneously to speed up the activity as much as possible.
The goal pursued with this type of vaccination serves to increase coverage in the pediatric population against a disease such as influenza and its possible derivations, as is the case with bronchitis and other respiratory pathologies that have overwhelmed the emergency rooms in recent weeks. For this, the experience gained during the vaccination campaigns for COVID-19 was used.
