Seven centres have been set up in Mallorca, two in Menorca, seven in Ibiza and one in Formentera.
The flu and COVID-19 vaccination campaign for the 2024-2025 season continues, before the temperatures drop, without appointments at the health centres set up on the four islands. The main goal of this campaign is to improve the coverage levels in all at-risk groups that were recorded in previous campaigns.
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People who want to be immunised against the seasonal virus and who have not yet done so can go from today without an appointment to the following centres:
In Mallorca: CS Escola Graduada, CS Escorxador, CS Son Pizà, CS Es Blanquer, CS Manacor, CS Santa Ponça and CS Trencadors, from Monday to Friday from 14.00 to 19.30 and on Saturdays from 14.00 to 19.30 and on Saturdays from 14.00 to 19.30.
19.30 and Saturdays from 9.30 to 18.30 h.
In Menorca: Hospital Mateu Orfila (Tuesday and Thursday from 15.30 to 20:00 h and Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday from 8.30 to 14.30 h) and CS Canal Salat from Monday to Friday from 15.30 to 20.00 h and Saturdays from 8.30 to 14.00 h.
Appointments can also be made by calling InfoSalut Connecta
(971 22 00 00) or on the grip.caib.es website, where you can also consult the opening hours of the health centres where vaccinations are available without an appointment.
Target population
The vaccination campaign is aimed at all people over 60 years of age and those under that age who have any of the established risk conditions. In total, the target population in the Balearic Islands is made up of 606,685 people in the case of influenza (486,040 in Mallorca, 47,434 in Menorca and 77,204 in Eivissa and Formentera) and 458,323 people in the case of COVID-19 (366,549 in Mallorca, 36,877 in Menorca and 54,897 in Eivissa and Formentera).
Vaccination is recommended for the following population groups:
People aged 60 and over
People over 65 years of age in nursing homes, centres for the disabled or closed institutions.
People, aged 12 years and older, who suffer from any risk condition such as diabetes, morbid obesity, chronic cardiovascular, neurological or respiratory diseases, kidney or liver diseases, including alcoholism, severe neuromuscular diseases, immunocompromised people, including those whose immune system has been compromised by the AIDS virus (HIV) or drugs, as well as transplant recipients, coeliacs, people diagnosed with cancer, people with chronic inflammatory diseases, and those suffering from disorders or diseases leading to cognitive dysfunction, such as Down’s syndrome or dementia.
Pregnant women at any time during pregnancy and up to six months after delivery.
People who live with others who have a high degree of immunosuppression (transplant recipients, people with chronic renal insufficiency or infected with HIV).
Smokers.
Staff in public and private health and social health care centres, as well as students on work experience placements.
Workers in essential public services, such as national and local law enforcement agencies, fire brigades and civil protection services.
Professionals working in nurseries and childcare centres.
People working on poultry, pig, mink or wildlife farms or farms, to avoid cross-contamination of human and animal viruses.
New this year is the launch of the pilot scheme in schools and also the universal vaccination of children between 6 and 59 months of age (4 years and 11 months).
The reason for the universal immunisation of this age group, which was already implemented during the last flu campaign, is that children of this age group frequently suffer from influenza, often in a very severe form. Moreover, they are often the main transmitters of the flu virus to other target groups. This not only provides the child with individual protection but also protects vulnerable people in their environment from infection.
The vaccination schedule for these healthy children is a single dose. For the youngest children, from six months to two years of age, an inactivated injectable vaccine will be administered. The rest of the children in the age group, from 2 years to 4 years and 11 months, will be inoculated with an intranasal flu vaccine.