Starting Monday 17 October, the flu vaccination and the fourth dose of the covid vaccine. The vaccines will be administered in the two health centers (in the case of number 2 in the Pyramid of the square) e it will be necessary to request an appointment, as the public will not be notified.
Alessandro Cremadesvaccination specialist Elda Department of Healthrecalled that both vaccines have proven their effectiveness “for reduce serious illness and hospitalizations“. Also, he pointed it out A complicated winter is expectedwith a increased incidence of influenza after two almost forgotten years due to the measures taken against covid ea growing wave of new covid infections which is already making a strong impression in some European countries, then it is a matter of time before it hits Spain directly.
From Health it is recommended to inoculate the two vaccines at the same time, one in each arm, and insists that “if we have tools within our reach, such as vaccines, we must use them.” Furthermore, he stressed that “difficult months are ahead of us and it is important to have common sense, using other tools such as the use of the mask indoors, ventilation of enclosed spaces or hand hygiene measures“.
Alejandra y Stefaniathis was explained by the nurses of the health centers of Villena the appointment must be requested by phone or at the counter – at the moment it cannot be done online or via the app – and it will be necessary to have a health card. In the case of CS1, you will be vaccinated Monday through Friday from 11am to 2pm through the emergency room door and from 7pm to 8pm in the library on the first floor. For CS2 the time will be from 11:30 to 14:00 in the Pyramid and from 19:30 to 20:30 in the health center itself.
They will be able to receive the booster vaccine against covid people over the age of 60 and belonging to risk groups, which are all those with chronic diseases (cardiovascular, respiratory, diabetes, obesity, etc.). For the flu, it will be 65 years and older, in addition to risk groups. Either way it is also important that pregnant women receive the vaccine.
At the moment, people outside of these groups will not be able to receive the vaccines. Subsequently, depending on the availability of doses, vaccination could be open to other age groups. In case of flu, however, it is possible receive the vaccine by paying for ita, an increasingly frequent practice in the case, for example, of companies that offer the possibility of vaccination to their employees.
