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Starting next Friday, May 3, the influenza vaccination campaign will be expanded in Santa Catarina. The remaining doses of the vaccine will be released for use in all residents over 6 months of age.
This measure follows the recommendation made by the Ministry of Health, last Tuesday, April 30, to use surplus doses in the general population, given the large number of hospitalizations recorded as a result of influenza.
With the expansion, SES intends to reduce the number of hospitalizations and serious cases resulting from the disease. Vaccination coverage in the state is 32% and the target recommended by MS is 90%.
The Secretary of State for Health, Carmen Zanotto, highlighted the importance of the most vulnerable people, who are part of one of the priority groups to be vaccinated against influenza, taking into account that this population is more vulnerable to serious illness as a result. As a result of the influenza virus. “We appeal to all residents to seek out vaccination centres. We are in a time where our emergency services are overcrowded, respiratory illnesses have already arrived and everyone must do their part. Vaccines save lives.”
The vaccine offered at the Public Health Network blocks the main influenza viruses found in Brazil, namely influenza A (H1N1), influenza A (H3N2) and influenza B virus. However, protection does not occur until two to three weeks after the dose is applied Why the State Department of Health warns against The importance of vaccination as soon as possible to avoid serious cases, hospitalizations and deaths due to influenza.
It is important to emphasize that children who will receive the vaccine for the first time should take two doses 30 days apart.
For those who are also in the priority age group and municipalities for dengue vaccine implementation, which are between 10 and 14 years of age, the recommended interval between influenza and dengue doses should be 24 hours.
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