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The Department of Health advises that Monday 7 November begins the 2016-2017 influenza vaccination campaign of the Ministry of Health, aimed at groups considered vulnerable, especially the population over 64 years.
Health will provide free vaccines to persons included in population groups recommended, as vaccination is one of the most effective measures for public health to prevent the onset of this disease.
The influenza vaccination campaign is primarily aimed at people who may have serious complications as a result of suffering from the flu (over 60, pregnant women and chronically ill) and all those that could transmit the disease to people at high risk.
Among the new activities planned highlights telephony messaging, SMS, mobile aimed at people aged 60 or more.
It will also start working with associations of chronic patients who are part of the working groups included in influenza vaccination.
The population that meets 60 years in 2016 (born in 1956) must also be vaccinated with pneumococcal polysaccharide 23-valent vaccine, if you have not done before.
Anyone over 60 who have not previously received this vaccine should be vaccinated with it.
The Councillor for Health, Angel Pino, recalled that the flu vaccine is an extremely safe vaccine and its side effects are minimal, and stressed the importance of vaccination as a way to prevent "a highly contagious infectious disease whose symptoms fever high up to 39 degrees, malaise, sneezing, chills, muscle aches and cough. "
It can also occur with increased runny nose, sore throat, nausea, vomiting and diarrhea.
The flu usually lasts 5 to 7 days, although some symptoms usually last two to three weeks.
Sometimes, especially in people at risk, they can be complications such as ear infections, lung, etc., which can become responsible for deaths or worsening of chronic diseases.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Yecla
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