The President of Castilla-La Mancha, Emiliano Garcia-Pagehas valued the fact that the region is “the community of all Spain with the most ambitious vaccination program”. “We are going to reach more people than anyone else, with more vaccines than anyone and for much longer.”
According to Europa Press, this was expressed this Tuesday, January 17, in the appearance offered together with the Governor of Puerto Rico, Pedro Pierluisi, in reference to the new regional Vaccination Schedule, which quintuples the budget for this purpose in 2015, when he became President of the Board.
García-Page has acknowledged that he feels “proud” of the published Vaccination Calendar, in which 30 million euros will be invested. “It will be 500% more than in the previous stage of the Government, and it ratifies the commitment of the current Executive with the preventive protection of the population. This is what is worth it for the next generations.”
Vaccination details
The The new Vaccination Calendar for Castilla-La Mancha has been launched this Monday. It is applicable throughout life and recommended for all residents of this autonomous community.
In order to adapt to the current epidemiological situation and the appearance of new vaccines or technical variations of existing ones, the schedule has undergone extensions and modifications.
In this sense, includes recommended vaccines throughout life, from prenatal to beyond 80 years of age. Among the novelties, the vaccination against diseases caused by the human papillomavirus (HPV) stands out when they reach 12 years of age (both sexes, born in 2011), vaccination against meningococcal disease by serogroup B in infants (born in the year 2023), boys and girls between the ages of 6 and 59 months are vaccinated against the flu, vaccinated against herpes zoster for people between the ages of 65 and 80, and are vaccinated against pneumococcal disease with a vaccine. conjugate upon reaching 65 years of age.
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