Amarilla leads region in flu vaccination rates

Previously, the Municipal Health Center notified the district and the country that they had complied with the immunization requirements for the target population.

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The Ministry of Health has set a target of 85 per cent coverage for priority groups, and Tierra Amarilla reported in late July that the target had been met or exceeded.

Faced with this positive news, Mayor Cristóbal Zúñiga emphasized and congratulated the Cesfam Salvador Allende Gossens vaccination team “Thanks to the strategy of the team, we can report this good news for Tierra Amarilla, especially at this time, in the middle of winter Respiratory diseases multiply during exercise due to the high transmission of the virus”.

Who can get the flu vaccine?

Influenza vaccination campaigns consider the following groups as priority groups for getting shots:

• People over the age of 65.
• people with chronic diseases.
• pregnant person.
• Girls and boys 6 months to 5th grade.

Do you know about the PNEUMO 23 vaccine?

On the other hand, the vaccine Pneumo 23, which protects the elderly in Chile, also achieved encouraging community coverage of 57.3%, which is also higher than the regional and national average.

This vaccine protects people over the age of 65 against infection by the important microorganism Streptococcus pneumoniae because it is involved in a variety of clinical manifestations associated with high morbidity and mortality and causes diseases of varying severity such as otitis media, sinusitis , bronchitis, pneumonia, meningitis. , sepsis and invasive pneumococcal disease, which is why specific resources have been allocated to prevent their contagion. One strategy adopted by the municipal health department under national regulations is to include the vaccine in the National Immunization Program (PNI) for the highest-risk populations.

Beginning in 2009, Pneumo 23V vaccination has been included in the annual PNI vaccination schedule for all persons 65 years of age or older within the year and persons over that age who have not received specific protection.

The role of the authorities is to inform and raise awareness

In this context, the mayor of Amarillia Island particularly emphasized, “As a public, we must understand that any vaccination campaign will be more effective when we vaccinate in advance, in large quantities, and in a short period of time, thereby reducing the number of vaccinations.” The possibility of “severe forms of hospitalization and death from these diseases” and underscored the call to continue preparing for the rest of winter, and one of the ways to do that is by getting vaccinated.