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Manaus lives an epidemic epidemic epidemic, after 18 years without recording the cases of the disease. The number of infected people has increased every week. To stop the spread of measles, vaccination teams began offensive actions on the streets of three urban neighborhoods and the rural community of the capital, Monday (16). The goal is to visit 110 other properties and check the immunization situation of more than 204,000 people.
In the new phase of vaccination, teams with nursing technicians and health workers will go door-to-door in the streets of the Jorge Teixeira neighborhood in the East Zone. In the North Zone, Novo Aleixo and Cidade Nova will be the areas that have been strengthened in measles immunization. The community of Pau Rosa, located in the rural area of Manaus, will also be vaccinated at home. These areas of the city were prioritized as a function of the number of reported and confirmed cases of the disease.
The examination and immunization will be fair for six weeks. About 900 professionals from the Municipal Health Secretariat (Semsa), divided into teams, will be on the streets to carry out the plan of action to stop the circulation of the virus responsible for the disease in the capital.
A total of 110,198 real estate properties will be visited and 204,139 persons will have verified the vaccination situation and, if necessary, the Triple Viral vaccine will be applied. The work will be from 15h to 20h, Monday to Friday. On Saturday, the vaccinators will work from 8am to 12pm.
"Measles is a disease that leaves a legacy, but it is vaccinated.We select the three key neighborhoods because where is the highest incidence and will be made from house to house, involving several forces of the ours and the state government.We are going from house to house looking at each citizen's vaccine portfolio, "said Manaus Mayor Arthur Neto.
The Ministry of Health, l & 39; Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and the Health Surveillance Foundation (FVS) are technical and financial collaborators of the Measles Intensification Plan in Manaus.
Immunization of the vaccine virus in triple copy against measles (Photo: Adneison Severiano / G1 AM)
The low demand of the priority group affected the work to contain the progress of the disease. Experts warn that children and adults should be vaccinated.
"The goal is to vaccinate 95% of the total population of the city of Manaus, from the age of six months to 49. We are intensifying this new phase and we are entering the twentieth week of struggle Against measles, from the beginning, we hired 120 nursing technicians to badist our immunization units with 198 basic health units.On July 3, the mayor declared an emergency situation and we hired 140 other supporters to help in this war against measles, "said Semsa's secretary, Marcelo Magaldi.
Housewife Iolanda Duarte, 53, lives next to the Eastern Health District (Disa Leste), but has not yet received measles vaccine. "I have had this disease before, but I found out that I had to take the vaccine. It's too important and best at home, not having to go to the post office to deal with the queue, "said the housewife.
The progress of measles in State
The number of confirmed measles cases in Manaus increased by 40.1% from 317 to 444. There were 127 new cases over a period of one week. Most are children between the ages of one and five, and a total of 2,097 cases are under investigation.The capital has a confirmed death because of the disease.
In addition to Manaus, 34 other municipalities in Amazonas have reported suspected cases of measles.In total, the Amazon has 3,367 reported cases, of which 2,660 in the capital and 561 in the municipality of Manacapuru.
" There is a possibility of spread to other states of the country and it is extremely worrying. Municipalities in the interior of the state are already emerging with reports of suspected measles cases. As is the case of Manacapuru who already has this epidemic outbreak also settled and about 36 confirmed cases. The vast majority of municipalities have one or two cases reported. This fact is worrying and we know that measles is a not-so-benign disease, "said FVS physician and CEO Bernardino Albuquerque.
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