The Councillor for Health, Eulalia Sandoval, has reported that the Ministry of Health and Social Policy Yesterday the vaccination campaign against seasonal influenza in health centers of the autonomous region, which aims for the season 2012/13 is to vaccinate 65 percent of the population over 64 years.
The Department will administer the vaccine this year by the appointment system to avoid "unnecessary delays", said the mayor, to the vaccine is administered to expedite the process and avoid patients having to wait.
The vaccine is the method "more effective" to prevent this disease and is administered, as always, free at all Health Centres and Primary Care Clinics of the Autonomous Community.
He recalled that this year will join the campaign all those born in 1952, that is, those who turn 60, you should get vaccinated against the pneumococcus if they have not done before.
He encouraged citizens to get vaccinated and stressed the importance for risk groups, such as people over 60 years, the chronically ill or essential public workers as health or firefighters, among others.
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