Overview

• Dose distribution begins on 15 September, with vaccinations starting 22 September for residents of care homes, people over 80, pregnant women, children 6–59 months and health and social‑care staff.
• Vaccination for other priority groups from 60 years opens on 13 October, with health officials aiming to complete most target immunizations by mid‑December.
• Primary care centers will extend opening hours to improve access, building on a Barcelonès Nord pilot that raised uptake, though specific schedules are still to be set.
• Catalonia will run a combined flu/COVID campaign and continue recommending COVID shots from age 60, while Spain’s Public Health Commission issued separate plans and raised the COVID threshold to 70.
• Officials cite last season’s burden data and low coverage—about 38.1% for flu and 29.8% for COVID in Catalonia—with 55% of hospital admissions and up to 75% of ICU cases unvaccinated, alongside a roughly 50% drop in flu hospitalizations.