ALICANTE VACCINATION | The Ministry of Health confirms that 1.1 million people have been vaccinated against influenza, the highest number in the Community.
Total 1,162,033 people HE vaccinated against flu in the 2023-2024 season this is the highest figure in history flu vaccination in the Valencian Community according to the Ministry of Health. Of these, approximately a third province of Alicante.
This became known on the day of assessment immunization against respiratory viruses in the 2023/24 season, which took place this Wednesday at the General Directorate of Public Health.
Marciano Gomez
At the inauguration, Health Minister Marciano Gómez highlighted some of the events and results of the immunizations carried out this season. autumn winter 2023-2024in which the population of the Valencian Community was protected against influenza, Covid-19 and respiratory syncytial virus, cause of bronchiolitis.
Thus, he stated that “illness is a setback for the health care system and it is about avoiding it, both through healthy habits and through health promotion.”
In this sense, he emphasized that last year, for the first time, children under one year old were vaccinated against syncytial virus, what did it mean reduction in serious cases due to infection with this virus. “Thanks to this immunization, which will be carried out again this year, more than 33,000 children have improved their quality of life and avoided hospital visits.”
“Getting sick is a failure for the healthcare system, and it’s about avoiding it, both through healthy habits and health promotion.”
Marciano Gomez. Minister of Health
Motherhood
In particular, 33,672 minors born between April 2023 and the end of March 2024 were vaccinated. in medical centers and directly in maternity hospitals for those born since October, with very good acceptance and implementation, which meant achieving very good coverage, 94.40%, a percentage that has reduced serious bronchiolitis virus infections in young children.
Children under 5 years old
Another novelty of the campaign was the launch for the first time flu vaccination for children aged 6 to 59 months“who managed to protect not only this group, but also the contacts they may have, such as classmates at their educational center and their immediate family circle.: your parents, siblings, grandparentswho are the most vulnerable people.
In the same group, an intranasal vaccine was used for the first time (for children from 24 to 59 months), which contributes to Adoption children. Thus, a total of 65,440 children from 6 to 59 months were vaccinated.
More than 60 years
In the 2023-2024 season too. Flu and coronavirus vaccinations extended to people over 60 years of age, unlike the previous year, when it was introduced from 65 years of age. The coverage achieved was 56.05% for influenza vaccination and 49.28% for Covid-19 vaccination among people aged 60 years and above. A total of 863,796 people were vaccinated against SARS-CoV-2, of whom 689,799 were aged 60 years or older.
Vaccination was extended to the entire population, which was considered special vulnerability. Thus, with regard to protection in the social and health sectors, “satisfactory” vaccination coverage has been achieved for residents of nursing homes and people with functional diversity. 29,237 residents were vaccinated against influenza with a coverage of 92.79% against influenza and 82.44% against covid-19.
respiratory viruses
In addition to assessing the results of immunization against respiratory viruses in the 2023-2024 season, the conference discussed planning proposals for the next season 2024-2025.
In this sense, the Councilor thanked for the participation of all personnel involved in the vaccination and immunization of the population of the Valencian Community and expressed the conviction that, despite the figures achieved, “Everything can be improved.”
In this sense, he expressed the wish of the Ministry of Health that “the experience of this season allows us to identify ways of improvement for the next campaign.”