Combined flu and Covid-19 vaccination begins in nursing homes and day centers

Likewise, the vaccination campaign plans to administer both vaccines to both older people living in residential homes or attending day centers and professionals working in these facilities. Target The goal is to strengthen the immune system and minimize the risk of infection. In this sense, the island’s Minister of Social Welfare and President of the Mallorcan Institute of Social Affairs (IMAS), Guillermo Sánchez, and the Government’s Director General of Public Health, Elena Esteban, agreed on the importance of a campaign to prevent possible complications.

Vaccination is key to preventing the effects of flu and Covid-19 and its complications in the most vulnerable people, such as the elderly, Sanchez said. “That is why we, on the part of IMAS, are very grateful to the NHS for their efforts in traveling to our centers to facilitate the administration of the vaccine,” he noted. In addition, he noted that vaccination is a voluntary act, but “can play a critical role in reducing the dangers associated with these diseases. among the most vulnerable groups of the population,” adding that the health of older people is a priority for the Council.

In a similar vein, the Director General of the Department of Public Health stressed the importance of focusing not only on Covid-19, but also on protection against influenza, in order to “avoid serious problems and the need to escape in the future, especially in the case of the most vulnerable groups. Flu is unpredictable, but we can trust that the vaccines we administer contain strains that protect against the circulating virus,” Esteban said.