The Sergas flu vaccination campaign has already begun and will be ongoing until December 31.
This year, due to the epidemiological situation, the campaign is especially important. Sergas has expanded the population groups in which the vaccine is particularly recommended (see details below).
To request the vaccine, people must call their Health Center (A Pobra do Brollón: 982 430 351) or on the Sergas appointment request website, in the nursing section.
Target population of the flu vaccine:
These are people at risk of complications and people who can transmit the flu to people at risk, as well as some other groups.
• People aged 60 or over, especially people aged 65 or over.
• Residents in closed institutions (retirement homes and other chronic care centers).
• Pregnant women in any trimester of pregnancy and postpartum women in the first 6 months after childbirth if they have not been previously vaccinated.
• Children and adolescents (from 6 months to 18 years) with prolonged treatment with acetylsalicylic acid.
• Children between 6 months and two years of age who were born prematurely (<32 weeks of gestation).
• People under 60 years of age and over 6 months of age with risk pathologies (see the list here: https://gripe.sergas.es/Contidos/Quen-debe-vacinarse)
• Professionals or students in internships at healthcare centers, services and establishments.
• People who work in geriatric institutions or care centers for chronically ill patients.
• People who provide home care to at-risk patients or the elderly.
• Cohabitants (including children) of people belonging to risk groups.
• People who work in essential services for the community.
• Workers directly exposed to domestic birds or pigs on poultry or pig farms or operations, and also to wild birds.
