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ARCHIVED - Flu vaccination in Spain brought forward to first half of October
The Minister for Health, Salvador Illa, said the campaign will start in the care homes of Spain
On Thursday a meeting of the Interterritorial Council of the National Health System (CISNS) between the 17 autonomous regions of Spain and Ministry of Health agreed that the start of the flu vaccination campaign will begin consecutively in all of the autonomous communities and major cities in the first fortnight of October.
Under normal circumstances this campaign begins at the end of October or beginning of November, but the Health Minister said on that "ideally" the campaign will begin in the first week of October.
"The mode of transmission and the symptoms of the new coronavirus and the influenza virus are very similar. Therefore, due to a possible coexistence during this next 2020-2021 season of the circulation of both viruses, new objectives have been set with the purpose of protecting the most vulnerable and also trying to prevent the saturation of the health care system," the Minister said in his presentation of the 2020 campaign.
This year the parameters have been amplified to try and protect the most vulnerable, and the 2020 campaign aims to achieve coverage of at least 75% in health personnel and those over 65; and 60% in pregnant women and people with risk conditions.
The order in which the various population groups included within the vaccination programme will be vaccinated remains the same as was agreed by a previous meeting of the CISNS Public Health Commission held on May 5th; first of all, elderly people from the age of 65 upwards, and giving priority to those living in care homes and residences; followed by those under 65 years of age who are at high risk for complications from the flu; next will be those who could potentially transmit the flu to those who are at high risk of complications, including health and social health personnel, as well as family members; and finally, those who work in essential public services and others considered to have the potential to transmit the virus to at risk groups.