“It won’t hurt anything and it’s important that everyone gets vaccinated.”

Humberto Horta he calmly reads THE NEW SPAIN while waiting his turn to receive the flu and Covid vaccine at the El Trisquel residence in Oviedo. “Prevention is the best thing you can do. And if public health takes care of it, that’s great for everyone, especially older people.” Cuban by birth and a descendant of Asturians, Humberto never shied away from an appointment with a puncture. “Today I am the first,” he emphasizes.“I have always been vaccinated and in 77 years I have almost never gotten sick,” he claims. During communication with the press Alba Arenas, center manager preparing his left hand for the first puncture. “62 out of 67 residents will receive a dose of the vaccine,” explains.

Jose Menendez Garcia replaces Umberto at the vaccination station installed in one of the rooms of the residence, “Let everyone get vaccinated” – exclaims this 81-year-old pixuet, whom “even Covid” could not subdue. “I didn’t even know there was a flu because I haven’t caught a cold since I got the vaccine,” he adds. Asuncion Campa 72 years old, resident of Oviedo.. “It won’t hurt to put it on, but I was scared because it stings a little.”

Last year The vaccination rate in nursing homes has exceeded 95%. and this year the Ministry of Health hopes to repeat the results. About 13,500 people will be vaccinated in the first two weeks of the campaign. “We are starting immunization again with the most vulnerable groups of the population because Residential premises are closed spaces in which there is a possibility of infection if the virus enters. much older,” he clarifies. Marta Huerta Deputy Director for Care Coordination, Health Services.

The campaign will be extended to the rest of the target population starting October 7, with a strategy aimed at reducing the incidence of influenza in the population, as well as reducing the severity and complications associated with the disease in a specific population group. For this campaign, the Ministry of Health is offering five types of influenza vaccines to provide each person with the one that best suits their needs. A total of 399 thousand doses have been purchased for a total amount of 4.7 million.

Children will be able to get vaccinated in the afternoon

One of the new things this year is that Health centers will be open from 16:00 to 20:00 to immunize children and provide additional services to parents.. Vaccination will be carried out in centers with constant supervision and depending on the child population in each of them. All vaccines will be administered decentralized to primary health care centers and branches of the Principality’s Health Service. (Sespa) until the end of the season. The main innovation this year is that immunization against influenza is recommended for the staff of kindergartens and preschool education centers.