Aragon buys the first flu doses and is already preparing the campaign: this is the start date for vaccination - El Periódico de Aragón
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A nurse prepares a flu dose, last campaign in Aragon. / JOSEMA MOLINA Ana Lahoz Aragon has already begun to prepare the 2026-2027 flu vaccination campaign and has done so by purchasing the first 70,000 doses, acquired from the company Viatris Pharmaceuticals for approximately 440,000 euros. These are the vaccines tendered in lot 1 of a Framework Agreement that sets the conditions for this type of purchase, but many more are yet to arrive. In fact, according to sources from the Department of Health of the Government of Aragon, more than 400,000 doses are expected to be acquired, a figure similar to previous years. In 2025, there were 419,000 after an investment of 3.8 million. Viatris Pharmaceuticals won this first contract by presenting the best offer against the company Sanofi, which also bid for this lot. The supply of the first vaccines already marks the beginning of the preparation for the season to combat flu in Aragon, where immunization, if following the dynamic of other years, will begin between the end of this September and the beginning of October. Similarly, it will start with vaccination in nursing homes, followed by children up to 8 years old, people over 80 years old, and other risk groups such as people over 60 years old, chronic patients, or pregnant women. Agendas in health centers will open progressively.One more year, it is unknown what the flu virus will...
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