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donostia – Osakidetza extended the flu vaccination campaign until December 31, which was to end on December 5 and has reached 299,912 people to date, 80% of whom are over 65 years old .
The Ministry of Health explained yesterday that this decision responded to the interest of reaching a larger number of citizens included in at-risk groups, such as those over 65, pregnant women and women suffering from chronic diseases. 19659002] The campaign began on October 24 and to date, 299,912 people have been vaccinated, a figure similar to that obtained last year at the same time. Of this total, 80% was administered to people over 65, which implies a coverage rate of 46.6% in this group. This year, more health professionals have been vaccinated until now, 11% more than at the same dates in 2017.
According to Osakidetza, influenza activity does not occur. has not changed compared to last week and remains in effect. a rate of 21.1 cases per 100 000 inhabitants, below the epidemic threshold, which this year stands at 55.7 cases per 100 000 inhabitants. The primary care network has 156 consultations for influenza-like illness, with a higher incidence in Gipuzkoa.
To date, eleven people have been hospitalized for influenza, nine of them serious. 75% of those in the at-risk groups were not vaccinated.
Osakidetza advises to use health resources responsibly in case of detecting flu symptoms to avoid waiting unnecessarily and to receive care.
In this sense, remember that influenza is an embarrbading but benign disease in the healthy population, and that it has no specific treatment, which is why the rest and ingestion of abundant fluids of antipyretics The main recommendations are the stop of fever.
The health authorities insist that the vaccine is, for safety, the most effective tool to fight the flu and avoid its complications. – Efe
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