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THE Cordoba children aged 3 and 4 will be able to be vaccinated against the flu in their schools from this Monday, September 30 and thanks to vaccines intranasal which prevent a needle stick. This is the first time that this initiative has been carried out in public, subsidized and private educational centers in the province of Córdoba thanks to the collaboration of the Territorial Delegation of Educational Development and the schools themselves.
The delegate of the Andalusian Government, Adolfo Molina, and the delegate for Health, María Jesús Botella, as well as the head of the health district of Córdoba, Javier Fonseca and the delegate for Educational Development José Francisco Viso, were responsible for presenting this campaign to the Colón school in the capital of Córdoba.
Parents will need to complete the consent via the iPasen network Information in educational centers and health workers will go there to administer the intranasal vaccine to children aged 3 to 4 years. THE target population planned exceeds 14,000 schoolchildren of these ages in all health districts, according to data provided by Botella.
Parents who prefer to go to the health center with their children can also do so to get a flu vaccine. This is the third year that children under 3 and 4 years old have entered the flu prevention quota.
Molina made a I call on all parents to collaborate With this initiative, the percentage of vaccination of children reached last year in Andalusia can be increased (46 percent) and it is estimated that “children can infect their grandparents and the elderly must be protected.”
Other age groups due to get their flu vaccination in Córdoba will follow the usual guidelines by making an appointment through online channels or at the health centers themselves. The first bracket goes from 6 to 59 years old. Then there are the over 60 years old, approximately 172,000, that they will be able to start making appointments during this month. Thus, people over 80 can make an appointment from October 9, those over 70 from October 16, or people over 60 from October 23.
Likewise, Vaccination teams will go to nursing homes from October 9 and to people with disabilities, where it is not necessary to make an appointment, as well as to the homes of highly dependent people. Walk-in vaccinations on Wednesdays starting November 13. “It is an example of the commitment to improve the health of Andalusians, vaccine prevention is important and there are many that have been incorporated,” Botella said.
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