Malaga vaccinates against shingles without prior appointment

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The campaign is available at all health centres in the Malaga-Guadalhorce Valley health district on 15 and 16 April

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Tuesday, 14 April 2026, 14:21

The Malaga-Guadalhorce Valley health district has made vaccination against shingles (Herpes Zoster) available without prior appointment at all health centres on 15 and 16 April. Those who would like to receive the vaccine can go to the district's health centres with their health cards between 9am and 7pm.

The aim is to increase coverage among the target population group (those born in 1959, 1960 and 1961), as the number of complications related to this virus increases after these ages.

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What is shingles?

Shingles is caused by the reactivation of the varicella-zoster virus. In other words, in everyone who has had chickenpox, the virus remains dormant, but a variety of circumstances (age, weakened immune systems, etc.) can reactivate it and cause new lesions, potentially leading to serious complications. Currently, shingles can be prevented through vaccination in more than 97 per cent of cases.