2023-04-17 13:05:00
“I’m an elderly person with pathologies and a grandchild has just been born who hasn’t had all the vaccinations yet. Do I need to get booster shots to protect myself? Which infections should I pay particular attention to?”
The recommended vaccinations are the flu vaccination during the winter period, the pneumococcal vaccination, and the booster shots provided for vaccination against diphtheria, groceries and whooping cough. However, it is important to remember that, especially during the first three months of life, it is above all necessary to protect the child from infections that can come from adults. For this reason it would be better to follow the normal rules of hygiene, avoiding if possible too close contacts such as “kissing”.
Vaccinations in adults
* Roberta Siliquini is President of the Italian Society of Hygiene, Preventive Medicine and Public Health (SitI)
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