Ceará has 78,000 doses of influenza vaccine for children and pregnant women | Ceará

Nevertheless, Ceará achieved the national goal and stands out by vaccinating 104.1% of the target audience, the second best performance in the country, losing only to Goiás who vaccinated 106.6% of the priority groups. The Ministry of Health sent 2.5 million doses of vaccine to the state, which was distributed to 184 municipalities. More than 2.4 million people have been vaccinated.

In 2018, 454 cases of influenza were recorded in the state, of which 75 evolved to death, according to the latest epidemiological bulletin issued by the State Department of Health.

Across the country, according to the latest epidemiological bulletin issued by the Ministry of Health, 50.4 million people in the campaign's target population were vaccinated against influenza.

Of this total, 20.2 million were elderly; 4.4 million health workers; 2.2 million teachers; 358,900 puerperal women and 643,300 Aboriginal women. All of these audiences have reached the goal of immunization.

Pregnant women and children continue to be the least sought after immunization posts, with coverage of 76.4% and 73.6%, respectively. At the beginning of the week, 3.3 million children and 493,710 pregnant women had not been vaccinated against the flu.

The southeastern region is the region with the lowest vaccination coverage against influenza up to 84%. Next are the North (85%), South (90.3%), Northeast (94%) and Midwest regions with the best coverage, 99.1%.

Among the states, Goiás (106.6%), Ceará (104%), Amapá (100%), Federal District (97.3%), Espírito Santo (96.5%), Pernambuco%), Tocantins (95.2%), Alagoas (94.1%), Minas Gerais (93.9%), Mato Grosso (93.7%), Maranhão (93.7%), Paraíba%), Rio Grande do Norte ( 92.3%), Sergipe (92%), Paraná (92%), Piauí (91.4%) and Mato Grosso do Sul (90.2%) achieved.