2024-01-30 15:15:00
It was due to end this Wednesday, January 31. Given the epidemiological situation, the health authorities have decided to extend the flu vaccination campaign until February 29.
In Ain, the number of hospital admissions due to identified flu-like illnesses suggests that the epidemic continues to rage in the territory. According to the services of the Regional Health Agency (ARS), 93 visits to the emergency room were recorded in the department last week.
65,000 people at risk vaccinated
The extension of the vaccination campaign will make it possible, in this tense epidemiological context, to increase the vaccination coverage of the population, estimated in Ain at 41.5% among people over 65 (-0.5%). between 2022 and 2023) and 20.8% among people at risk under the age of 65 (-2.1% between 2022 and 2023).
In absolute value, around 65,000 people were vaccinated as of November 30, 2023 among people at risk in Ain, including around 60,000 among people over 65 years old.
Primarily concerned since the extension of their missions, pharmacists, through the voice of their National Order, communicated on the subject as of January 25: “All vaccination opportunities must be seized to amplify the vaccination campaign against flu, with the aim of a high level of protection for the most vulnerable. »
A message addressed to people at risk of serious complications, such as people aged over 65, adults and children over six months with chronic illnesses, pregnant women, people with obesity, as well as those staying in a follow-up care or medico-social accommodation establishment.
Estimated vaccination coverage and number of people vaccinated against influenza as of November 30, 2023. This ARS data will be updated at the end of the vaccination campaign.
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