From October 7 to January 31, Madrid hosts an anti-flu campaign.
The 2024 Flu Campaign began on October 7th. During the first two weeks, people over 60 years of age or children between 6 and 59 months were able to access it. As of yesterday, October 21, vaccination has been extended to other risk groups for whom the vaccine is indicated.
Registration for flu and Covid-19 vaccinations in this 2024-2025 campaign will be the same, regardless of whether they want to receive the flu vaccine, the coronavirus vaccine or both (for children under 12 years of age at health centers only). flu vaccine will be administered).
There are three ways to sign up for vaccination:
- Telephone Appointment at Primary Health Care Centers: Call your health center or office and select VACCINE (Option 3) in the voiceover.
- In person at your medical center or office, customer service departments and digital kiosks.
- Application for making an appointment (mobile) / Internet for making an appointment. Flu/coronavirus vaccine option.
Risk groups by age
Target populations for influenza vaccination in Madrid in the 2024–2025 campaign. are:
- All people aged 60 years and over with or without pre-existing conditions, with particular emphasis on people living in institutional settings.
- Child population aged 6 to 59 months.
- People from 5 to 59 years old who are in nursing homes and disability centers, as well as other people who have been in institutionalized institutions for a long time and living in closed institutions.
- People aged 5 to 59 years are at high risk of complications from influenza:
- chronic cardiovascular, neurological or respiratory diseases, including
bronchopulmonary dysplasia, cystic fibrosis and asthma - diabetes mellitus and Cushing’s syndrome
- morbid obesity (body mass index ≥40 kg/m² in adults, ≥35 in
adolescents or ≥3 DM in childhood) - chronic kidney disease and nephrotic syndrome
- hemoglobinopathies and anemias or hemophilia, other bleeding disorders and chronic bleeding disorders, as well as blood product recipients and multiple blood transfusions
- asplenia or severe splenic dysfunction
- chronic liver diseases, including chronic alcoholism
- serious neuromuscular diseases
- immunosuppression (including primary immunodeficiencies and those caused by HIV infection or medications, as well as in transplant recipients1)
and complement deficiency) - cancer and malignant blood diseases
- cochlear implant or waiting for it
- cerebrospinal fluid fistula
- celiac disease
- chronic inflammatory disease
- Disorders and diseases leading to cognitive dysfunction:
Down, dementia and others. - smoking people
- People aged 5-18 years who are on long-term treatment with acetylsalicylic acid, due to the possibility of developing Reye’s syndrome after influenza.
Risk groups for other reasons
- Pregnant women in any trimester of pregnancy and women in the postpartum period (up to 6 months after birth and not vaccinated during pregnancy).
- People who can spread the flu to those at high risk of complications:
- People living with people who are highly immunosuppressed: this mainly applies to hematopoietic progenitor transplants, solid organ transplants, chronic renal failure, HIV infection with a low CD4 count (4 (
- Personnel of public and private medical and social-medical centers and institutions.
- Students do internships in medical and social health centers.
- People working in essential government services, with particular emphasis on the following subgroups:
- State security forces and bodies of national, regional or local dependence, as well as the Armed Forces.
- Firefighters.
- Civil protection services.
- Employees of kindergartens and preschool education centers (up to 5 years).
- People who work directly with animals or their waste on farms or
poultry farms, pig or mink farms, or wild animals (birds, wild boars, mustelids) such as ranchers, veterinarians, farm workers, hunters, ornithologists, environmental agents, zoo personnel, etc.