Vaccines
President Pradales has called on the population to be vaccinated against influenza because the incidence of influenza has advanced
The lehendakari has called on society not to relax in the face of the impact of influenza and to increase the rate of vaccination, since this year its incidence has been advanced among the Basque population, especially in Bizkaia. "Vaccinated we can avoid annual influenza. Vaccinated we can avoid being sick and in bed for a week. And the vaccine, let's not forget, can save our lives," said Pradales.
The number of people hospitalized for influenza in the first month of the campaign is nine times that of the previous year
Osakidetza has recorded an average of 21 in the same period of previous years and this year 192. The lehendakari, Imanol Pradales, has warned that the flu "comes strong, strong and aggressive" and the Basque Government has strengthened vaccination with a new point in Bilbao.
Open flu vaccination center in Bilbao today
The centre is located in the Pavilion of La Casilla and will remain open for 15 days, from 08:00 to 20:00.
Osakidetza calls for flu vaccination, warning that the contagion curve can be advanced
The Department of Health has reported a "significant increase" in influenza cases in recent weeks, especially in Bizkaia, which "suggests that the epidemiological curve could be advanced."
More than 200,000 people have been called to vaccinate against influenza and covid-19 in Navarre
"The judgment has left us with a bittersweet taste"
Aitzol Asla, a lawyer for the families of the victims of the nurse at the Kabiezes health centre, has stated that the families of the 400 minors affected will not appeal the sentence, but have announced that they will continue to hold Osakidetza accountable.
More than 43,000 people have been summoned to be vaccinated against influenza in the ACV
The vaccination campaign for risk groups and vulnerable persons has officially begun today in the ACV. More than 43,000 people have requested an appointment for vaccination, 20,381 of whom are over 80 years of age and 2,353 children. Along with the flu vaccine, risk groups are also allowed to be vaccinated against covid-19.
Osakidetza will launch a flu vaccination campaign on Monday for people over 60 and vulnerable citizens
Osakidetza will also vaccinate children between 6 months and 5 years of age, and those over 2 years of age will be given the nose.
Osakidetza has launched a flu vaccination campaign with a reinforced vaccine for people over 75 years of age
Under the slogan "You are the key to preventing influenza. Vaccinate." Osakidetza calls on vulnerable people to make an appointment, vaccinations will begin on Monday. People who are not considered vulnerable will have to wait until November to be vaccinated.
The prosecution has requested seven years of psychiatric treatment and disqualification for the Kabiezes nurse
Health Counselor Alberto Martinez has assured that Osakidetza placed a person to "take care" of the nurse who has been tried for simulation of vaccinations at the Kabiezes health center in Anturtzi as soon as she became aware of what was happening, after receiving the first complaints.