The hospitalization of babies caused by respiratory syncytial virus (VRS)which causes bronchiolitis and pneumonia, has been reduced by more than half in Castilla y León thanks to the first months of immunization among the little ones. In fact, if a year ago, community hospitals added 342 admissions from October to December, this year the figures close with 132. It is true that the evolution of respiratory diseases, with low incidences at this point, is also helping, but the main reason is that more than 90 percent of the target population, those born on or after March 1, have received their dose.
Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) causes a common viral illness that usually causes mild symptoms similar to cold. In fact, 90 percent of minors have been infected by the time they are two years old. However, it can involve serious infections in the lower respiratory tract and lungs, specifically bronchiolitis and pneumonia, especially in babies, but also in older adults and people with chronic pathologies.
The autonomous map is a mirror of what happens in all the provinces. By centers, the Ávila Care Complex registered 60 admissions in the last quarter of last year, which at this time is 17. Meanwhile, the Santos Reyes Hospital, in Aranda de Duero, added four, as did the Santiago Apóstol, in Miranda . At this moment, the first is about to register the first entry, and the second posts one. For its part, the General Hospital of Burgos has gone from 82 a year ago to 42 today.
In the Pprovince of Leónhe El Bierzo Hospital adds three, one more than in 2022, and that of Leon two otherswell below the 13 from last winter. Palencia, in the final stretch of 2022 added nine, none in the current one; Salamanca accumulates 30, compared to 101 a year ago; Segovia, 14, compared to the previous 17, and Soria, four, well below the 22 admissions that there were in the last quarter of a year ago.
Finally, in the province of Valladolid, the Clinical Hospital, which is where these admissions occur, added 12, currently there are six; that of Medina del Campo, one, when registration has not been opened in the current season; and that of Zamora went from 15 to 13. It should be noted that sometimes, depending on the severity, children are referred to other healthcare centers, inside or outside their province.
95% coverage
The Ministry of Health began vaccinating babies against the virus for the first time in October. virus respiratory syncytial (RSV), with a coverage rate of 95 percent. It involves the administration of a single dose of nirsevimab, and for this campaign it acquired 13,000 doses.
Depending on the time of birth, the administration carries out hospital or at the health center. Thus, those born on or after October 1st receive the monoclonal antibody in the hospital after delivery; and for those born between the months of March and September, a specific campaign has been carried out at the beginning of the virus season, administering the dose at the health center or the usual vaccination center.
2023-12-25 11:21:36
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