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The population groups to be vaccinated seasonal flu vaccine the experts announced during a special press conference at the Ministry of Health on Monday afternoon. According to Health Minister Vassilis Kikilias, 4.2 million doses of the flu vaccine have been secured.
Influenza vaccination is an important element for public health every year from October to December, in order to shield the vulnerable population against seasonal influenza and its complications, however this year it stands out as a critical element due to to the unprecedented situation today. COVID-19 epidemic and the circulation of the coronavirus in parallel with the circulation of influenza viruses.
According to the president of the National Vaccination Committee, emeritus professor of pediatrics, Maria Theodoridou, for vaccination against influenza in children the same recommendations apply as in previous years.
Recommendations for children
According to the National Vaccination Program of our country, influenza vaccination should be applied systematically to children belonging to the following groups at higher risk:
Children (6 months and older) and adults with one or more of the following aggravating factors or chronic diseases:
. Asthma or other chronic lung diseases
Νό Heart disease with severe hemodynamic disorder
Immunosuppression (inherited or acquired)
Organ transplant
Sickle cell anemia (and other hemoglobinopathies)
. Diabetes mellitus or other chronic metabolic disease
. Chronic kidney disease
. Neurological-neuromuscular diseases
Children who take aspirin for a long time (eg, due to illness Kawasaki, rheumatoid arthritis, etc.) because of the potential risk of developing Reye’s syndrome after influenza.
With pathogen obesity.
Finally, as the lady pointed out Theodoridou, recommended by vaccination with the flu vaccine and in healthy children, if there is a baby under six months of age or another vulnerable person who cannot be vaccinated.
They also need a flu shot
Employees in health facilities (medical personnel and other employees)
People aged 60 and over
Pregnant women, regardless of gestational age, pregnant and lactating
People with morbid obesity (Body mass index> 40Kg / m2)
People who are in close contact with children younger than 6 months or who care for people with an underlying disease that increases the risk of complications. flu.
Closed populations, such as staff and boarding students (schools, military and police schools, special schools and inmates and institutional staff, etc.)
Veterinarians, poultry farmers, pig farmers, breeders.
When and how will vaccines be available
From October 15 to December 15, flu vaccines will be available, gradually and in a constant flow, in pharmacies around the country. Prerequisite, for the first time, for its administration will be the prescription through the electronic prescription.
This is a sea change, for the Greek data, which according to the experts of the Vaccination Committee and the officials of the Ministry of Health will give a good image for those who receive the vaccine and, therefore, they will plan specific interventions when necessary. Until now, the vaccine was not necessarily given by prescription, which did not allow experts to have an idea of who finally gets vaccinated.
WHO Recommendations for Flu Vaccination
According to the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) office in Athens, Marianna Trias, especially this year, vaccination against influenza is very important to complete safely and effectively, since the epidemic of Covid infection -19 is underway.
Vaccination against influenza viruses should be prioritized, according to WHO, as follows:
Elderly people
Chronically ill
Pregnant
Children under 5 years
Immunosuppressed
Health workers
In Hellas the recommendations for children do not coincide with those of the WHO. Each country takes into account the recommendations of the WHO and then the National Vaccination Committee elaborates its own scientific proposal on the axes of the Organization.
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