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Murcia starts a vaccination campaign against flu and covid in its homes

This Wednesday, October 9, the vaccination campaign against respiratory infections, including influenza and covid, begins in Murcia in homes for the elderly and people with disabilities, as well as among those workers who are part of their environment, the regional government reports on its website . .

The rest of the population is at risk. From October 14, flu and Covid vaccinations will begin for people aged 60 years and older. This will be at health centers and regular vaccination sites. Other risk groups include healthcare workers, essential personnel and pregnant women.

Non-priority groups. The rest of the population will be able to get a flu shot in December. The specific date is not yet known.

At the same time, the flu vaccine will be administered in medical institutions to minors born in 2019 and subsequent years until they reach 6 months of age.

Murcia’s health system has 398,000 doses available this year, a number that could be increased to 455,000 if necessary.

The Murcia Department of Health encourages healthy people aged 65 years and over or with pathologies at risk to take the opportunity to review their vaccination against pneumococcal disease, as well as people born in 1944, 1958 and 1959 to review their long-term vaccination against herpes zoster. because they have not yet received the vaccine.

In schools. Since September 30 last year, the Murcia Department of Health has been vaccinating against influenza all children attending preschool programs in educational centers, “to make this immunization easier for families.” It is expected that approximately 40,000 children aged 2 to 5 years will be immunized intranasally.

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