Overview
- Regional campaigns are under way with staggered schedules: Galicia began this week in residencies, Castilla y León opens to priority groups on Oct. 1 ahead of general appointments on Oct. 14, and Castilla-La Mancha advances pediatric flu to Oct. 1 with broader rollout from Oct. 14.
- Madrid launched its third consecutive RSV program for roughly 50,000 babies, vaccinating October-born infants by appointment in nine hospitals and administering doses in maternity wards for newborns from Oct. 1 through March.
- Galicia extends flu vaccination to children up to 11 years with intranasal doses, expands high‑dose shots to people aged 70–79, and pilots school-based clinics from Oct. 13, backed by SMS citations and an €11 million risk‑sharing procurement.
- Castilla y León limits COVID-19 boosters to people 70+ this season and broadens RSV immunization to care‑home residents, disability centers and certain transplant patients, budgeting over €18 million with more than 408,000 COVID doses and 13,000 RSV doses.
- Health authorities confirmed a respiratory outbreak in a La Algaba (Seville) care home with 22 infections and four deaths, triggering the residential acute respiratory infection protocol.