Overview

• The first phase from September 22 prioritizes care‑home residents, people 80 and older, pregnant women, children 6–59 months for flu, and health and social‑care staff, with dose distribution beginning September 15.
• Broader access opens October 13 for people 60 and older and those at risk, with the goal of high coverage by December.
• Catalonia will run a combined influenza and covid campaign and keep the covid recommendation at 60+, diverging from national guidance for separate campaigns and a 70+ threshold.
• Primary care centers plan extended hours to improve access after a Barcelonès Nord pilot raised uptake, though specific schedules are still being finalized.
• Officials cite last season’s outcomes in Catalonia, with roughly 50% fewer hospitalizations and vaccine coverage of about 38% for flu and 30% for covid, and a majority of severe cases occurring in the unvaccinated.