The flu vaccination campaign starts this Monday with vaccination in retirement homes and with the overall objective of reversing the low coverage rates recorded in previous seasons.
For the general population, the 2024-2025 flu vaccination will begin next Monday. In addition, it is planned that on the same day, a pilot plan will be launched to vaccinate some 3,000 children in schools, that self-appointments will be possible and that vaccination will be authorized earlier without an appointment with the objective for the archipelago to “stop being late” in terms of flu vaccination.
The Ministry of Health presented the 2024-2025 flu vaccination campaign last year and detailed the news of the new campaign after Last year, only 23% of the global target population was vaccinated.
García called on the population to get vaccinated against the flu, warning of the dramatic consequences of not doing so and that complications lead to deaths among the elderly and children, reports Europa Press.
The Balearic Islands have 276,800 doses this season, 11,000 more than last year, with an investment of three million euros.
School vaccination
Compared to school vaccination pilot planwhich will be launched for the first time in the Balearic Islands and which other Autonomous Communities are already developing, are called to be vaccinated 2,900 schoolchildren from 24 centers throughout the archipelago, including the families to whom the proposal has been addressed and who should receive the vaccine. sign the informed consent.
This pilot plan will begin on Monday, October 14, as well as the universal vaccination of children between 6 and 59 months (4 years and 11 months), which will end a month later, on November 14.
The reason for the universal vaccination of this group, already implemented during the last flu campaign, is that children of this age suffer very frequently and sometimes very seriously from the flu.
In addition, These are generally the main transmitters of the flu virus. to other target groups. This not only ensures individual protection for the minor, but also protects vulnerable people in their environment from contagion.
The vaccination schedule for these healthy children will be a single dose, and the youngest, aged six months to two years, will be administered an inactivated injectable vaccine. The rest of the children in the age group, 2 years to 4 years and 11 months, will receive an intranasal flu vaccine.
The IbSalut Pediatrics coordinator, Juan Carlos de Carlosexpressed confidence that the pilot plan and the administration of the nasal vaccine and in a “festive” atmosphere with classmates and teachers will increase coverage rates.
Without appointment from November
Monday October 14 also begins the vaccination campaign for the general population in health centers. People who wish to be vaccinated against the seasonal virus will be able to make an appointment and the possibility of going to be vaccinated at certain locations without an appointment will be activated from November 4.
This walk-in vaccination will be possible in a total of 16 health centers and in the Can Misses d’Ibiza and Mateu Orfila de Maó hospitals.
These devices will make it possible to vaccinate the population from Monday to Friday, in the afternoon and morning, and on Saturday continuously.
