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Pinda Health Department Continues Yellow Fever Vaccination Campaign
The reinforcement comes after the death of a man who had contracted the disease and who was in Pindamonhangaba
The Pindamonhangaba Department of Health, through the Department of Health Risks and Diseases – Epidemiological Surveillance, is providing another yellow fever vaccination point in the city. Vaccination will take place this Friday (30) in Monsenhor Marcondes Square.
Vaccination against yellow fever will take place on Friday (30), from 9 am to 4 pm, in the Monsenhor Marcondes Square, as part of the national campaign against Aedes aegypti, which aims to fight against the proliferation of mosquitoes in several Pindamonhangaba points. Already Saturday (1/12), the campaign will be with "Fique Sabendo" at Patio Pinda Shopping, from 13 to 20 hours.
According to information from the Department of Risk and Health Protection, the case would have been imported from Caraguatatuba, after a resident of Cunha reportedly contracted the disease in the coastal town. The man spent a few days in Araretama and was transferred to the state capital to be treated there, but did not resist.
According to the Ministry of Health, yellow fever is an acute febrile infectious disease, caused by a virus transmitted by mosquito vectors, and has two cycles of transmission: wild (when there is transmission in rural or forest areas) and urban. The virus is transmitted by the bite of infected mosquitoes and there is no direct transmission from person to person. Yellow fever is epidemiologically important because of its clinical severity and potential for spread in urban areas infested with the Aedes aegypti mosquito. And the symptoms are: fever, chills, severe headache, backache, body aches, nausea and vomiting, tiredness and weakness.
The city's health department also conducted a yellow fever vaccination campaign in all city centers in early 2018. People who have not yet been vaccinated can seek the establishment of nearest health to receive the vaccination dose. The director of the Department of Risks and Health Care, Rafael Lamana, explains that this is a case close to us, it is important to remain immune because it is the main prevention.
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