Thursday, October 17, 2024, 01:34
He Guarena Health Center It already has 1,200 doses for flu vaccination and 150 vials of Pfizer for covid, sent by the Extremeño Health Service (SES). The vaccination campaign began last Tuesday, October 15 against seasonal flu and the booster dose of covid-19to protect the most vulnerable groups not only in Guareña, but also in their regional vaccination coverage in their different offices in Valdetorres, Manchita, Cristina and Oliva de Mérida, according to the coordinator of the Guareña Health Center, Juan Luis Delgado Calderon.
It is scheduled this week, Tuesday the 15th, for people over 90 years old; yesterday, Wednesday the 16th, to seniors between 85 and 90 years old; and today Thursday the 17th to seniors between 80 and 85 years old. Access for vaccinations is through the Emergency area, from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
For the flu vaccine “from six months” and for covid “from 60 years, or risk groups,” reports Delgado. The novelty of this campaign involves the new “intranasal” vaccine for children aged 2-5 years “and they will go to schools,” says the coordinator of the Center to avoid the hassle of permits, travel…
The staff that attends the vaccination service is “the entire infirmary of the health area” and the people who are coming “respond very well, and for now, everything is absolutely normal,” he adds. Juan Luis Delgado.
It informs that there are two types of vaccines for the flu, for those over 70 years of age and for those from six months and older.
Requirements
For this vaccination campaign against covid, the following requirements must be taken into account: having at least two doses administered, last dose given more than three months ago, and not having had covid in the last three months.
For its part, the Junta de Extremadura began the vaccination campaign against seasonal flu and covid-19 last Monday, the 14th, to protect the most vulnerable groups in the Autonomous Community.
The objectives that the SES has set for this joint campaign, which will end on January 31, 2025, are to achieve 75 percent vaccination in the elderly and in health and socio-health personnel, as well as exceed 60 percent in pregnant women. and in people with risk conditions.
Double vaccination is aimed at people with a higher risk of complications or serious conditions, prioritizing residents in social health centers and the population aged 80 and over.
Those over 60 years of age, inmates in disability centers and residences, people institutionalized for a long time and residents in closed institutions must be vaccinated.
Likewise, those under 60 years of age with diseases that increase the risk of suffering from the flu or covid; pregnant women, in any trimester of pregnancy; and women during the postpartum period, up to six months after delivery and who have not been vaccinated during pregnancy.
Also people who live with those who have a high degree of complications if they become ill with these pathologies and essential professionals, to reduce the impact and maintenance of critical and essential services to the community.
Likewise, the staff of public and private health and socio-health centers and establishments, and workers in essential public services such as the State Security Forces and Bodies, Civil Protection and firefighters.
Covid vaccination
The SES already has 131,000 doses of Pfizer that will be increased as the campaign progresses, as well as doses of the vaccine from the Hipra laboratory, intended for those users who have contraindications for the administration of RNA.
Given the scientific evidence and the new recommendations from the health authorities, starting this year, vaccination against Covid will be seasonal during the annual time of greatest virus circulation, coinciding with the flu.
Vaccination against covid will not be generally recommended for people under 60 years of age without risk factors.
Vaccination is recommended regardless of the number of doses received previously, although at least three months must have passed since the last one administered or since the last infection.
If you do not belong to the SES but to the mutual societies of Muface, Mugeju and Isfas, the vaccination will be carried out at the health center or clinic closest to your home.
Flu vaccination
In the case of vaccination exclusively against flu, this year there will be two important developments. The first of them is that the high-load vaccine (Efluelda), which is the one that offers the greatest protection, will be administered to the entire population aged 70 and over, in addition to all people residing in health centers. seniors and social health centers aged 60 and over.
Extremadura will vaccinate these population groups with Efluelda compared to other communities that only use it for the institutionalized group in senior centers and others, at most, from the age of 80.
The other novelty is that, although flu vaccination was recommended last year in a healthy population between six and 59 months old, this year the intranasal vaccine will be administered for the first time. This has a series of advantages over the intramuscular vaccine and is that it “generates immunity at the mucosal level, more effectively limiting the replication of the flu virus and thus the infection and transmission to third parties, in children between 24 and 59 months.” ». This will also avoid parenteral administration, since it eliminates the puncture and pain and it is assumed that its acceptance improves.
In this campaign, the SES, which recommends flu vaccination for the smoker population under 60 years of age, has invested 3,420,000 euros in the purchase of 275,300 doses of flu vaccine.