The Ministry of Health has presented the new campaign of flu vaccination in the Balearic Islands for the 2025-2026 season, which will begin on 13 October with more than 276,800 doses available. The aim is to consolidate the increase in vaccination coverage achieved in the previous campaign and to protect in particular the at-risk groups.

flu vaccination campaign Balearic Islands

Meanwhile, on 6 October vaccination will start in the schools of the archipelago, both public and private or state-subsidised. On the same date, vaccination will also be carried out for residents in care homes for the elderly and for people with disabilities, as well as patients included in home care programmes.

Who is the flu vaccination in the Balearic Islands aimed at?

The flu vaccination in the Balearic Islands is recommended for:

Older people and at-risk groups

  • People over 60 years.
  • Residents in nursing homes, disability centres or closed institutions.
  • Patients with chronic diseases: diabetes, morbid obesity, cardiovascular, respiratory, neurological, hepatic or renal conditions, immunocompromised patients and cancer patients.
  • Pregnant women at any stage of pregnancy and up to 6 months after giving birth.
  • Smokers or people with cochlear implants.

Children and young people

  • Children aged 6 to 83 months.
  • Children born between 2020 and 2022, who will receive the vaccine at school.
  • Young people aged 5 to 18 receiving long-term treatment with acetylsalicylic acid.

Professionals and carers

  • Healthcare and social care staff, both public and private.
  • Students undertaking placements in health centres.
  • Essential service workers: police officers, firefighters and civil protection staff.
  • Staff at nurseries and early childhood education centres.
  • Workers on poultry, pig, mink or wildlife farms.

How to book an appointment

From today, people included in these groups can book an appointment to be vaccinated from 13 October onwards:

  • By phone on Infosalut Conecta (971 22 00 00).
  • Through the patient portal.
  • At the admissions desk of health centres.

➡️ This year there will be no walk-in vaccination without appointment, a measure replaced by the reinforcement of immunisation in schools, care homes and home care services.

More than 276,000 doses available

For this season, the Government has acquired 276,800 doses with a budget of 2.7 million euros. Distribution will be as follows:

  • 4,800 high-dose vaccines for residents in care homes for the elderly and disabled.
  • 22,000 intranasal vaccines for schoolchildren.
  • 7,000 intramuscular vaccines for children aged between 6 and 23 months.
  • 140,000 doses for people over 65 not living in care homes.
  • 103,000 doses for the rest of the at-risk population.