Maria Giulia Diez73-year-old user of the Virgen del Valle residence in the Murcian neighborhood of El Palmar, was the first Murcia to receive this Monday the fourth dose of the vaccine against covid. She received all doses at the residence and although she was immunized, the disease passed. “There was a time when almost all the residents took it, but I had a very light moment,” she explained to LaOpinión, saying she is “very happy to be vaccinated again”.
In this center the campaign in the Region of Murcia has begun to administer the second booster dose users of residences for the elderly and the handicapped, at the end of which the administration will begin over 60 years and people at risk in health centersfrom next 6 October.
The Vice President and Minister of Social Policy, Isabel Franco, along with the Minister of Health, Juan José Pedreño, were in El Palmar at the start of vaccination, a campaign in which people are expected to be immunized against coronavirus to some 7,000 users of the residence (5,400 elderly and 1,600 disabled), among others 7,000 health workers of these centers.
On this occasion the the administration of the covid vaccine occurred at the same time as that of the fluanticipating the usual date of the anti-flu campaign, with the aim of reaching a greater number of citizens.
Thus, the elderly will receive the compound against Covid and that of the simultaneously complaintapproach for which other autonomies have also opted, as in the case of Galicia and Andalusia.
In the residences, the health teams themselves will be responsible for administering the vaccines: the bivalent covid, adapted to the new variants, plus the flu dose.
72 infections in residences
The Minister of Social Policies confirmed that there are currently 72 cases of Covid in the residences of the Region, of which 27 correspond to users and 45 to workers. However, he claims that there are no major outbreaks, since the most numerous occur in the centers where six and three cases are recorded at the same time.
In these centers, the use of the mask among prisoners, as well as by workers and relatives who attend the visits.
The Minister of Health explains that this second is expected booster dose achieve a total of 400,000 citizens of the Region, a campaign for which there are sufficient doses. According to the ministry, there are currently 6 thousand doses of the flu vaccine and this week another 120 thousand will arrive, in addition to 150 thousand doses of covid, to which in the coming days will be added 150 thousand more than a new shipment.
Pending the increase in incidence
As for the evolution of Covid infections, Pedreño affirms it in the Region of Murcia the situation is stable and the infection rate remains low. But it indicates that a increase in national incidence at 7 days“so we will be attentive to possible changes”.
For this new vaccination campaign the reopening of the “vaccines” is not foreseen., as the Ministry believes that there is sufficient capacity from the health centers to take on this task. However, they indicate that 061 squads are prepared in case reinforcements need to be organized.
People over 60 and people belonging to risk groups who want to get vaccinated against covid and flu from 6 October they can make an appointment at their healthcare facilities through the web app for appointments, in person and by phone.
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