Targeting 4,814 Residents and Centre Users
The Health Ministry has launched a vaccination drive for both users and staff at nursing homes and day care centres across the Balearic Islands. This preventive effort aims to reach 4,814 people, including 4,277 residents in elderly homes, 527 in centres for people with disabilities, and 10 in facilities for individuals with chronic illnesses.
To mark the campaign’s start, Elena Esteban, Director General of Public Health; Estefanía Serratusell, Deputy Director for Chronic Care, Socio-Healthcare Coordination, and Rare Diseases at the Health Service of the Balearic Islands; and María Magdalena García, Vice President of the Mallorcan Institute of Social Affairs (IMAS), visited La Bonanova Residence in Palma, operated by the Consell de Mallorca through IMAS. Also present was Rosa Llobera, Island Director of Socio-Healthcare Services for IMAS.
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Vaccination Campaign Begins for Influenza and COVID-19 in Balearic Islands’ Care Homes
The campaign involves administering two vaccines concurrently — one against influenza and another against SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) — to elderly residents in care homes, day centre users, and the professionals who serve them. The objective is to bolster their immune systems and lower the risk of infection.
Vaccinations will take place in 75 residential centres, with the following breakdown:
- 54 elderly care homes (39 in Mallorca, 9 in Menorca, and 6 in Ibiza and Formentera)
- 20 centres for people with disabilities (18 in Mallorca, 1 in Menorca, and 1 in Ibiza)
- 1 residence for patients with chronic illnesses, located in Mallorca
Within the elderly care homes, 4,277 users are expected to be vaccinated (3,368 in Mallorca, 424 in Menorca, and 485 in Ibiza and Formentera). In the disability centres, 527 users are anticipated (446 in Mallorca, 21 in Menorca, and 60 in Ibiza).
Both the IMAS vice president and the deputy director for Chronic Care emphasised the critical importance of vaccination to prevent complications from influenza and COVID-19.