The city of São Paulo will start, Thursday (30), a rapid test to diagnose influenza A and B. According to the city council, this test is “unprecedented in the city”.
Last Tuesday (28), 150,000 tests were purchased, which will be used in 469 UBSs (Basic Health Units) in the city.
The new tests target patients looking for UBSs with respiratory symptoms. Since last week, this service is done without the need to make an appointment.
The decision comes at a time when the influenza virus is advancing. The number of hospitalizations with influenza has already exceeded 24% of the total of those caused by influenza syndromes in the public health system, according to the Covid-19 Committee of the Municipal Health Department, in the last epidemiological week (from 19 to 25 December).
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The Municipal Health Department (SMS) has received 1 million doses of influenza vaccine. The Putantan Institute responded to a SMS request from Covisa (Coordination of Health Surveillance), which sent an official letter requesting additional doses of the flu vaccine, in an effort to mitigate the worrying picture of an increase in the number of cases of infected patients. Respiratory symptoms in recent days.
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