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The state secretary for health warns pregnant women and parents, who have not yet vaccinated their children, to go to the flu vaccination posts. The two priority groups have not yet reached the target set of 90% vaccination coverage, planned in the 2018 vaccination campaign.
Since the beginning of the campaign, April 23, the # State of São Paulo has vaccinated 11.7 million people. Doses were administered to 283,600 pregnant women and 1.7 million children over 9 months and under 5 years of age, representing respectively 70% and 79% of the target for these groups. It is still necessary to vaccinate at least 121,000 pregnant women and 484,000 children. Other groups have already exceeded the goal of 90% of vaccinated. 4.5 million seniors were IMMUNIZED, that is, people aged 60 and over; 1.1 million health workers; 396 thousand teachers; (19659002) According to the guidelines established by the Ministry of Health, vaccination is still available as long as municipalities have doses. The goal is to continue to vaccinate priority groups, increasing the protection of the population against the disease. In addition, since June 25, municipalities can also vaccinate people aged 50-59 and children aged 5-9, depending on the availability of doses.
"It is essential that people belonging to priority groups who have not yet been vaccinated, especially children and pregnant women, for these groups, the taking of the vaccine is particularly important to avoid future complications such that pneumonia and admissions to the hospital, "said Helena Sato, Director of Immunization Secretariat." The vaccine does not take the dose to the flu because it is composed only of fragments of the virus which cause adequate protection but are unable to cause the disease, "he explains.
), the 2018 vaccine will prevent the target population from influenza A (H1N1), A (H3N2) and B viruses
The influenza vaccine is produced by the Butantan Institute, a unit linked to the Secretariat, which this year put at the disposal of the Ministry of Health 60 million doses to carry out this campaign throughout Brazil [19659002] See also
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