First time in all of Spain flu vaccine expands. Healthy children between the ages of six months and five years should see a doctor for the correct dose. Previously, this measure was mandatory only for child population with any underlying pathology. The entire country has already purchased doses for this year’s flu shot, which is to be given to 1.6 million children.
As he progressed efe Javier Alvarez, Member of the Vaccine Advisory Committee of the Spanish Association of Pediatricians (CAV-AEV), two types of vaccines. On the one hand, there is an intranasal vaccine created for children from two to five years old. And on the other – intramuscular, designed for the smallest (from six to 23 months).
This measure is new for the entire country, as last year influenza vaccination in this cohort child population It was carried out in three autonomous communities: Andalusia, Galicia and Murcia with a coverage of 50%, says this expert, who aims to reach an average coverage of 55 to 60% in Spain.
Influenza affects 20 to 40% of the child population, depending on the size of the epidemic this year, and 5% of cases are hospitalized due to the severity of the disease. two thirds of them children hospitalized they are healthy, that is, they do not have an underlying disease, so it is recommended “to vaccinate everyone, vaccination is always a value,” he repeats.
For this reason, Alvarez clarifies that the administration of this vaccine to healthy children is done in order to protect the vaccinatedbut also because “they are the main carriers of influenza.”
Adult vaccination campaign
Like every year flu vaccination advice on an autumn/winter day. According to the Ministry of Health, this action is aimed at people over 60 years old and this year, as a novelty, at the youngest.
In addition, these doses should be given to people under 60 who suffer from diabetes mellitus and Cushing’s syndrome; those who are morbidly obese or have diagnosed chronic cardiovascular, neurological, or respiratory diseases, including