Sanidade started the campaign this Monday Respiratory syncytial virus immunization in children (VRS), which accounts for 80% to 85% of infant admissions, based on data provided at the time of admission Newborn’s first vaccination after 15,500 doses of vaccine arrived in the borough.
The first to receive the dose was Blanca Arias, born Alvaro Canqueiro Hospital. The baby was immunized against RSV while being breastfed by her mother, Laura Arias, a pediatrician who works at the hospital.
Health Minister Julio García Comesaña said the goal is to avoid admitting these babies and consultations related to this pathology.
So we will start vaccination, Between 24 and 48 hours after birth, newborns and people who have been vaccinated within the past six months will also be required to come to the hospital for vaccination.If some parents don’t receive the message, “there will be self-citation” he pointed out.
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Specifically, according to information provided by Sanidade, Activity The first are boys and girls born in Galician hospitals, but also premature babies born since October 1, as well as children under 24 months old with high-risk medical conditions. All this is to prevent infections that have hospitalized thousands of people in Galicia.
according to Respiratory Syncytial Virus Vaccination – A common and highly contagious seasonal virus that affects babies within the first two years of life and is one of the earliest infections Causes of Bronchiolitis and Pneumonia– The head of Sanidade assured that it would join other measures already in place, such as the vaccination of children against human papilloma or the meningococcal campaign.
Comesaña included these vaccinations in its work goals prevention In this sense, he thanked the Galician Medical Association for its cooperation in “supporting” these processes through initiatives such as the information they provide.
At the same time, regarding RSV vaccination, the head of maternal and paediatrics emphasized: Side effects “very rare” Except for some small local inflammation or one in ten cases such as fever, “but the proportion is very small.”