COVID and Flu Vaccination Campaign in Spain: Declining Rates and Final Stretch

COVID and Flu Vaccination Campaign in Spain: Declining Rates and Final Stretch

Although it has only been three and a half years since the outbreak of the COVID pandemic in Spain, it seems that much more time has passed. Fear of the disease has faded, and this is reflected in vaccination rates. According to official data from Sergas, in the case of those in their sixties, the … Read more

Flu and Covid Vaccination for Children in Poniente Health District

Flu and Covid Vaccination for Children in Poniente Health District

Immaculate Acien The Ejido Wednesday, December 6, 2023, 1:20 p.m. Today, the Poniente Health District will carry out the flu vaccination of children between 6 and 59 months, without the need for an appointment, by going directly to the authorized vaccination points. Specifically, childhood flu vaccination will be carried out in five health centers in … Read more

Flu Vaccination for Children in Castellón: Who is it Indicated for?

Flu Vaccination for Children in Castellón: Who is it Indicated for?

The flu vaccination has not yet caught on among the families of children in Castellón. In total according to data from the Ministry of Health 5,390 children under 5 years of age have received the preventive measure so far, which represents less than 20% of the child population of that age. Of those vaccinated in … Read more

New Vaccination Groups for Flu and Covid-19 in Andalusia: Ministry of Health Updates

New Vaccination Groups for Flu and Covid-19 in Andalusia: Ministry of Health Updates

Since this Friday, December 1, the Ministry of Health and Consumer Affairs has expanded the vaccination against flu to two new groups: smokers and, against flu and Covid19, all those people who live with people over 60 years of age, people with chronic pathologies or pregnant women, as reflected in the Strategic Vaccination Plan of … Read more

How the Covid-19 Pandemic Could Impact This Year’s Flu Season: Vaccination Recommendations and Immunity

How the Covid-19 Pandemic Could Impact This Year’s Flu Season: Vaccination Recommendations and Immunity

The outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic in 2020 completely disrupted the natural epidemiological cycle of seasonal flu, common in the winter months. With the implementation of such exhaustive preventive measures to deal with Covid-19 – such as social distancing, the use of masks indoors or constant disinfection with hydroalcoholic gel – it seemed to have … Read more

Understanding Bluetongue Disease in Spanish Livestock: Vaccination Measures, Impact, and Management amid Climate Change

Understanding Bluetongue Disease in Spanish Livestock: Vaccination Measures, Impact, and Management amid Climate Change

What is known as bluetongue, which occurs mainly in sheep, is a disease that livestock farmers in Spain have been living with (and suffering from) for decades. It could be similar, for example, to human flu, although in the case of bluetongue it is transmitted by a mosquito, so cases can appear especially when the … Read more

Bluetongue Disease in Livestock: Prevention and Vaccination Measures in Spain

Bluetongue Disease in Livestock: Prevention and Vaccination Measures in Spain

What is known as bluetongue, which occurs mainly in sheep, is a disease that livestock farmers in Spain have been living with (and suffering from) for decades. It could be similar, for example, to human flu, although in the case of bluetongue it is transmitted by a mosquito, so cases can appear especially when the … Read more

Álvaro Cunqueiro Hospital: Weekend Vaccination for Children Under 5 Years

Álvaro Cunqueiro Hospital: Weekend Vaccination for Children Under 5 Years

He Álvaro Cunqueiro Hospital work this weekend like vaccinodrome for children who have between 6 months and 5 years (without complying) and who had not yet been immunized against the flu. Families come with an appointment sent to their mobile phone by the Department of Health. The operation will be repeated next weekend, with new … Read more

Sanidade Flu Vaccine Appointments for Children 6-59 Months

Sanidade Flu Vaccine Appointments for Children 6-59 Months

Sanidade appoints children from 6 to 59 months for the flu vaccineEP The General Directorate of Public Health has begun to summon parents of children between 6 and 59 months by SMS to come and vaccinate their children against the flu on the weekends of November 18 and 19 and 25 and 26 of the … Read more