2023-10-09 13:31:24
Actually this year Children between the ages of six months and six years In the Balearic Islands as well as elsewhere in Spain, people are being vaccinated against the flu for the first time. However, the vaccination campaign has stalled. As the Balearic Ministry of Health announced last week, they should now First of all, older people and high-risk patients get the vaccination. The problem: The islands are still waiting for the vaccine to arrive.
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Combining flu and corona vaccinations
Distribution of the flu vaccine is ongoing at national level. Therefore, the authorities on Mallorca can currently only wait and see. The Balearic Ministry of Health estimates that this will happen at the end of October. However, there is also another hurdle. The authorities actually want to prevent older people have to go to the doctor twiceto get vaccinated against Corona and the flu. It would be better to do it all in one go. Currently it is However, the corona vaccine is out of stock. Here too there is a lack of supplies. Only when this problem has been solved will it be the little ones’ turn.
The logistics should also be clarified by then. In this age group there are in the Balearic Islands 45,000 babies and children. In addition, there are 8,500 newborns who are against the Humane Respiratorische Synzytial-Virus should be vaccinated, one thing severe bronchitis can trigger. But here too, the vaccine is currently in short supply.
The syringe doesn’t have to be there
Despite the number of people to be vaccinated, there is no dedicated vaccination center in Mallorca. Small children aged up to two years receive the dose as an injection. Older children can use a nasal spray and thus avoid the prick.
Pediatrician Edelmiro Vergés, who is also a member of the Balearic Vaccination Commission, believes mass vaccination of children is justified. It is usually the little ones who spread the flu virus. “When the Christmas holidays come around, the number of cases always drops steeply,” says Edelmiro Vergés. In addition, it is usually children up to the age of six and people aged 65 and over who are affected by a case of the flu most likely to end up in the hospital.
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