Estremadura will maintain vaccination against covid and flu by mid-October despite the fact that Public Health Commissionin which both the Ministry of Health and the autonomous communities, including Extremadura, are represented, This Tuesday it agreed to advance it to the last week of September due to the rebound in cases.
The vaccination campaign against flu and covid starts the last week of September
This is only a recommendation due to the increase in acute respiratory infections nationwide, which also affects Extremadura. although it is true that this is one of the territories in which the incidence is currently one of the lowest. According to the Acute Respiratory Infection Surveillance System (Sivira), which monitors the three most prevalent respiratory viruses (covid, flu and Respiratory Syncytial Virus), in the week of August 28 to September 3 ( latest data available because they are published almost two weeks late) The incidence of these infections in the region stood at 175.9 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, the third lowest in the entire country, behind Andalusia, with an incidence of 175.8 and the Balearic Islands, with 152.9.
Nevertheless The data confirms a significant rebound in cases, since the incidence has grown almost 70 points in the last four weeksespecially since August 21. Even so, the prevalence is well below the national average, which on September 3 was 338.2 cases per 100,000 inhabitants. And in communities like Valencia, with the highest rate, there were 536.1 cases. Castilla La Mancha had 526.8 and the autonomous city of Melilla, 640.5.
Instead, as usual, Extremadura is at the head of income. In the region, 16.9 cases out of every 100,000 require hospitalization, while in Andalusia, with an incidence very similar to Extremadura, only 6.3 cases are admitted. Or in Valencia, with the highest prevalence rate, only 10.1 cases out of every 100,000 end up in the hospital.
The evolution of the virus
If you pay attention only to coronavirus, at this time according to the data provided by the Minister of Health and Social Services, Sara García Espada, Extremadura currently has an incidence of 79 cases per 100,000 inhabitants and a hospitalization rate of 4 cases per 100,000. “It is increasing but it is within the expected limits at this time of the year,” specific. Nationally, the incidence is 130 cases per 100,000, according to data from the Ministry of Health.
Given this situation, as confirmed yesterday by the head of the health portfolio, Your department will maintain the planned dates and The campaign will begin in mid-October. This dose (it will be the fifth) is only recommended for people over 60 years of age, children under that age with chronic diseases, users of nursing homes and healthcare personnel.
Children up to 5 years old will enter this campaign for the first time, who will be vaccinated in health centers. Must be Parents or guardians are the ones who contact health professionals to request an appointment.
On the other hand, Vaccination against the Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV), which causes bronchiolitis in children, will not be brought forward either. It will be the first time that Extremadura immunizes against this infection but it will begin to administer it from mid-November, despite the fact that The vaccine presentation has urged communities to administer it to minors “as soon as possible”, “if possible in the month of October”. On the other hand, Extremadura has yet to publish the tender to acquire the drug, for which the Extremadura Government has allocated 1.2 million euros.
It will be given to all children up to six months and up to 2 years if they have pathologies. Those born during the vaccination period will be dispensed in the hospital itself before discharge and for the rest, in health centers, upon request of the parents; except for minors with illnesses, who will also receive it in hospitals. According to the counselor, one of the consultations that these children regularly attend will be used to monitor their illnesses at the hospital centers. That is, both appointments will coincide, the one for the vaccine and the one for the specialist.
Cabezuela del Valle will continue to have an ambulance
The Ministry of Health and Social Services will maintain the Basic Life Support (BLS) ambulance in the town cacereña from Cabezuela del Valle. As explained by the head of this department, Sara García Espada, This Friday he fulfilled the contract, which would mean the elimination of the service. On the other hand, Health has made a budget modification to be able to extend it.
The closure, proposed by the previous government, “it would have been a mistake, since it would overload the service of the BLS of Plasencia and Talayuela, and even that of Moraleja”, in addition to because “the support that these services provide to the Continuing Care Points is essential to guarantee medical care”. The Board will also try to reopen the ambulance services of Villanueva del Fresno, Fregenal de la Sierra, Hoyos, Castañar de Ibor and Navalmoral-Belvis-Monroy, closed in the previous legislature, as well as improve the medical transportation service. “Our patients are being treated with very significant delays,” acknowledged the counselor.
2023-09-14 05:45:32
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