The municipal vaccination campaign against COVID-19 continues with the application of immunizers in 75 points maintained by the City of Manaus, distributed over all geographical areas of the city, from Monday 10/4 to Friday 14. The Municipal Health Service (SMSA) reports that vaccines are available for children from 6 months of age and adolescents And adults and the elderly and help avoid severe forms of the disease.
The municipal health secretary, Shadia Faraksi, indicates that residents from the age of 12 can search for any of the 75 vaccination points to receive doses issued by the Ministry of Health. Children from 6 months of age to children under 12 years of age are cared for in specific units, of which 14 are dedicated to immunizing children between 6 months and 4 years of age, and 35 are for dosing in children from 5 years of age. up to 11 years old.
“In order to continue with the controlled epidemiological scenario, it is essential that people adhere to the vaccine, check their vaccination status and keep their vaccine card updated. To this end, we always strive to ensure public access to vaccination, and to maintain nine health units in long hours , from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., for those who study or work during business hours, in addition to points open in normal business hours, from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. 5 p.m.
The owner of Simsa advises people to look for the health unit closest to home, which carries a photo ID, CPF or National Health Card (CNS) and a vaccine card. The full list of vaccination points maintained by the Municipality of Manaus, with addresses, opening hours and vaccinations offered, can be checked on the website semsa.manaus.am.gov.br And on SMSA’s social networks, or even directly via the link bit.ly/localvacinacovid19.
To see the vaccination status, residents can also search the Imuniza Manaus platform (immuniza.manaus.am.gov.br), where it is possible to check the doses already applied and issue a vaccination certificate, valid at the municipality level.
bivalent
Manaus City Hall, last week, extended the offer of the bivalent vaccine to people ages 12 to 59 with comorbidities. The Immunology app, which enhances the body’s protection against the original strains of coronavirus and sub-variants of Omicron, is available at 55 Family Health Units (USF).
Bivalent vaccine doses are booster doses, and it is not necessary to prove health status to receive the vaccine. Users who report comorbidities should receive two doses of the initial regimen or any booster dose for at least four months.
The group includes people who have diabetessevere chronic lung disease, resistant arterial hypertension (RHT), arterial hypertension stage 3, arterial hypertension stages 1 and 2 with target organ damage, heart failure (HF), pulmonary and pulmonary hypertension, hypertension , Heart diseases, mitral syndromes, valvular diseases, cardiomyopathy and pericardiopathy, diseases of the aorta, large vessels and arteriovenous fistulas, arrhythmias, congenital heart disease in adults, artificial valves and implanted heart devices, chronic neurological diseases and muscular dystrophy, Chronic kidney, venous hyperplasia, obesity, Down syndrome and other genetic syndromes, and chronic liver disease.
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