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Spain and Peru Launch Autumn Vaccination Pushes, Pairing Flu and COVID Shots With Expanded RSV Protection

Officials aim to lift uptake after last season's low coverage.

Overview

  • Catalonia opened its joint influenza–COVID campaign on 22 September for care-home residents, people 80+, pregnant people, health workers and children 6–59 months (flu only), with a second phase from 13 October and 1.6 million trivalent flu doses plus LP8.1‑adapted monovalent COVID vaccines.
  • Peru’s Health Ministry began a National Vaccination Week running 22–28 September with door‑to‑door brigades and added posts, the first of four rounds that plan to apply about 277,026 pediatric doses and 466,632 doses for those older than five in 2025.
  • About 12,000 residents and immunocompromised adults in Madrid have already received the new RSV vaccine from a 100,000‑dose purchase, with the program targeting 50,000 care‑home residents and home‑based delivery slated to start in January 2026.
  • Andalusia will start flu shots on 30 September for children under five, pregnant people and early‑years staff, then expand through October to care homes, health workers, adults 80+, 70+ and 60+, essential services and other risk groups, alongside the third infant RSV immunization campaign now underway.
  • Galicia launched hospital RSV immunization for newborns and high‑risk infants and will pilot intranasal flu vaccination in 55 schools from 13 October, aiming to reach up to 19,000 children with roughly 70% uptake.