Vaccines
Osakidetza administered 274 expired vaccines in the 13 OSIs in the Basque Country by 2025
The report of the Committee of Inquiry and Traceability confirms several errors in the management of vaccines in Osakidetza
According to research on expired doses, there have been problems in the distribution, traceability and internal controls of the vaccination system.
PNV and PSE reject proposals to set up an independent committee linked to the case of expired vaccines and hold them accountable
Jeltzales and socialists have urged the Department of Health to speed up the measures announced to "reduce the risk of errors."
Alberto Martínez announces 21 measures and a digital card for expired vaccines
The department has reviewed 168,841 doses administered in 2025 and activated a reinforcement plan with an investment of €1.5 million to advance "non-deficiencies" in the vaccination system.
Martinez has called for "no scaremongering" and has ensured that expired vaccines do not pose a threat to safety
Javier De Andrés believes that vaccination of expired doses "is not exceptional" in Osakidetza
The president of the Basque PP, Javier de Andrés, has stated that his party has "many doubts" about what happened and has considered that "there are elements that show that it was not an occasional and unusual thing", but that "it is broader than what was originally transmitted".
23 people who have received the expired vaccine have been re-vaccinated with hexavalent vaccine
Health Counselor Alberto Martínez has explained that an investigation is under way into whether the expired hexavalent vaccine was also administered to 29 other people, although he has anticipated that it may be errors in registration, although he has stressed that the incidence of vaccines is "channelled" and that it is now necessary to clarify what happened.
The mother of a baby vaccinated with the expired dose has reported that this situation gives her "insecurity"
The mother of a baby who received a dose of the expired Hexabalente vaccine regrets that this situation causes her "insecurity" because she has always thought that Osakidetza is doing everything right. She claims that she has been apologized and that the minor has been summoned to be vaccinated again.
Pradales pide perdón por las vacunas caducadas y promete "esclarecer responsabilidades"
EH Bildu's warning about expired vaccines was "too much," according to the Department of Health
The Deputy Minister of Health, Lore Bilbao, has explained in the "Egun On" program of ETB1 that they wanted to send a "clear message" to the families and asked for reports to do so. When they were waiting for them, EH Bildu made the matter public. "If they knew 10 days earlier, why didn't they do anything? In this case we knew, but what would happen if we hadn't known?"
Osakidetza will finish revaccination today for the 30 people who received the expired dose of hexavalent
In addition, the Basque Health Service will this week call the 78 people who are believed to have received expired tetrabalent and triple viral vaccines.
Today begins the vaccination of Navarre and Gipuzkoa cattle against nodular dermatosis
Flu cases in the Basque Country have increased by 4% in the week following the Christmas celebrations
Osakidetza believes flu cases have reached their peak
After three consecutive weeks of declines in the cases detected, Osakidetza does not expect a "major upturn" for these days, as explained by the Director of Health Care, Koldo Berganzo, who believes that, following the experience this year, vaccination centres will be launched in the three ACV territories in the coming years.
The Ministry of Agriculture does not consider it necessary to vaccinate all beef in the CSC, but only in Gipuzkoa
Although the Department of Agriculture of the Basque Government has requested vaccination against nodular dermatosis for the whole of the CAPV, the Spanish Ministry considers it sufficient to do so only in two small areas of Álava and Bizkaia bordering Gipuzkoa.
El consejero Martinez asegura que la gripe desciende en Euskadi a un ritmo "importante" pese a que puede haber un repunte "punctual" tras las fiestas navideñas
The Department of Health has updated the vaccination schedule for 2026 by introducing a vaccine against the syncytial respiratory virus for adults
Osakidetza will close its vaccination center in La Casilla today as influenza stops rising in Bizkaia
The contagion curve has stabilized thanks to the vaccination effort and the high level of immunization. More than 447,000 people have been vaccinated in recent weeks in the ACV, which will allow the closure of the Bilbao vaccine field as planned.
The number of cases of influenza is "falling" in Bizkaia thanks to vaccination
According to the latest data, 417,744 people have been vaccinated against this respiratory disease in the CSC, 11% more than last year.