Overview
- Catalonia started its seasonal campaign on 22 September for flu and Covid‑19 in care homes, people 80 and over, pregnant women, health workers and children 6–59 months, with broader invitations from 13 October and 1.6 million trivalent flu doses secured alongside monovalent Covid vaccines adapted to LP8.1.
- Madrid became the first region to vaccinate older adults against RSV, with the campaign active since 15 September for more than 50,000 residents aged 60 and over in care homes and about 3,000 high‑risk patients, and roughly 12,000 vaccinated so far according to regional figures.
- Spanish regions including Galicia and Andalusia launched infant RSV immunization this week, continuing a program linked by officials to sharp drops in pediatric hospitalizations, with Galicia administering a single‑dose monoclonal to newborns and high‑risk infants through March 2026.
- Peru’s Ministry of Health opened a National Vaccination Week from 22 to 28 September with nationwide sites and door‑to‑door brigades, the first of four rounds through December that aim to apply about 277,000 doses to children under 5 and 467,000 to people over 5.
- Galicia will pilot school‑based intranasal flu vaccination from 13 October in roughly 55 centers for about 19,000 children aged 3 to 11, with a stated goal of reaching around 70% coverage.