ALICANTE VACCINATION | Success in Alicante mobile vaccination site against covid and influenza

The essence mobile vaccination set this Saturday morning before Bullring Alicante It was a complete success. Health workers were able to administer coronavirus and flu vaccines to dozens of people.

The measure developed by the Ministry of Health aims to strengthen the seasonal campaign in the ten most populous municipalities of the Valencian Community. The professionals themselves who administered the vaccinations with both doses at the vaccination point in Plaza de Toros and, as they explained to this newspaper, the people who came up were “all ages”

Likewise, health workers agreed that this is an initiative that provides visibility about the importance of vaccination against covid and influenza. Ines Montiel, medical director of the primary care department of the General Hospital of Alicante, noted that “since our opening, we have received the first few hours are quite busy,

There were even queues of 20 people.”

Montiel emphasized the “predisposition” of people, as well as “good welcome” return of mobile vaccination points after the pandemic.

It should be remembered that the mobile vaccination center in Alicante was due to start operating last weekend, as it was originally announced on November 3rd, but this was changed as a result of DANA.

Alcoy, Benidorm and Torrevieja

Tomorrow, Sunday, November 10, he will hit the road. Elcheand will be located on the Jaca promenade, in front of the Altamira Palace. The schedule will be From 10:00 to 14:00. On the other hand, on November 8th he will move to Alcoy and will be installed at Plaza Pintor Gisbert on December 14 at Plaza SS.MM Los Reyes de España in Benidorm and on December 15th he will move to Torrevieja and will be located at Avda, house of Dr. Gregorio Marañon, number 7, as confirmed by the Ministry of Health.

doses of both vaccines They are introduced to quickly protect the population from these respiratory viruses in the autumn-winter period. The consultant reminds people of the importance of vaccines to protect and prevent the transmission of viruses.

Risk of heart attack or stroke

Among the advantages, it is worth highlighting that, as experts confirm after various studies, within two weeks after the flu risk of suffering myocardial infarction or ictus multiplied by four. “In addition, the presence of chronic diseases increases the risk of severe influenza in older people by seven times, all of which could be prevented with a vaccine,” the head of the health department said.

The purpose of healthcare is “every year exceeds the achieved vaccination coverage and to this end, we have included new measures to offer the population more opportunities for vaccination, as is the case with the vaccination campaign in educational and special training centers.”

1,260,000 doses of influenza vaccine

To carry out this vaccination campaign, the Ministry of Health acquired 1,260,000 doses of influenza vaccine worth €12.7 million

with the possibility of expanding them by 20% depending on demand. In addition, the Valencian Community currently has 520,000 doses of vaccine against COVID-19 and new supplies will arrive every week to cover the entire population, according to the same sources.

Both vaccines are updated in each campaign to cope with emerging variants or strains and ensure immunization.