The São Paulo government holds the “D -re D” of flu vaccination all 645 cities in São Paulo this Saturday (10). The campaign seeks to expand vaccination coverage and reinforce the importance of immunization against the disease.
This Saturday’s action is focused on 19.3 million people from priority groups : Children up to 6 years old, pregnant women, postpartums, people with comorbidities and the elderly, who are most vulnerable to the virus.
The goal of the State Department of Health (SES), which runs the campaign, is reach 90% vaccination coverage among eligible groups (children, pregnant women and the elderly). Current coverage between these groups in the state is 16.1%.
According to the government, the vaccine protection duration is about a year, depending on each person’s immune response. Therefore, the State emphasizes the importance of annual vaccination, since The virus changes frequently and the vaccine is updated to accompany the variations.
By 2025, the SES-SP Epidemiological Surveillance Center (CVE) has already sent 11.6 million doses of the immunizer to the 645 municipalities . Vaccination to priority groups began on March 28 in the state.
CVE’s director, Tatiana Lang, points out that The vaccine is the most effective way on influenza protection . “Safe and updated annually, the vaccine helps to avoid serious forms of the disease, especially because the influenza virus undergoes frequent mutations and requires constant monitoring.”
See below the full list of priority vaccination groups:
- Children from 6 months to under 6 years old;
- Health professionals;
- Pregnant women;
- Postpartum;
- Basic and Higher Education Teachers;
- Indigenous peoples;
- Quilombolas;
- Health workers;
- Elderly 60 years or older;
- Homeless people;
- Safety and rescue forces professionals;
- Armed Forces professionals;
- People with noncommunicable chronic diseases and other special clinical conditions;
- People with permanent disabilities;
- Truckers;
- Road transport workers for urban and long passengers;
- Post workers;
- Port workers;
- Private population of liberty, employees of the prison and young people who fulfill socio -educational measures
This content was originally published in SP government makes “D -Day” of influenza vaccination this Saturday (10) on CNN Brazil.
Source: CNN Brasil
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