This Saturday, August 26th, there will be a spot in Plaza Bolivar. Municipalities join the festival with the aim of increasing coverage and reducing the risk of illness and/or death from vaccine-preventable diseases.
In line with the motto “Catch-up Day!”, said Territorial Health Minister Lucy Esperanza Rodriguez Perez. Boyaca powers up with vaccines! The fourth National Vaccination Day will be held with the aim of consolidating gains in the prevention and eradication of measles, rubella, hepatitis B, tuberculosis, yellow fever, HPV, COVID-19, among others.
“Every day is vaccination day, so you can go permanently to your IPS, or nearest vaccination point to start, continue or complete your regular program, or get vaccinated against Covid-19, and today we are sending out another invitation to parents to bring their children Go get vaccinated,” the official said.
As of July 31, 28,714 doses had been administered to people targeted by the regular vaccination program; similarly, for the Covid-19 vaccination, a total of 156,949 people had received two doses of the vaccine, of which 78,326 received the first dose, the director said. 1 booster dose and 14,583 people received a second booster dose.
Target population on vaccination day:
- Population of children under 6 years old.
- Girls from 9 to 17 years old.
- pregnant woman.
- Women of reproductive age aged 10 to 49.
- Populations susceptible to yellow fever.
- Influenza vaccine-susceptible populations.
- Susceptible population for Covid-19, over 6 months old.
Vaccination sites within the IPS within the city:
- Col Sucidio Medical Center.
- Compensation Clinical Medical Center.
- ESE Santiago de Tunja (Centre 1, Fuente, Muiscas, Libertador and Runta).
- Sanitas Medical Center.
- Chia Clinic.
- Camp Bolivar Clinic.
- Confa boy.
- Polyclinic.
“In Tunha we have 12 permanent vaccination sites so that
People can go and get biological products that are part of the program
National vaccination, likewise, on August 26, we will have an off-campus site in Plaza Bolivar,” Dr. Lucy reported.
Finally, Rodriguez said parents and caregivers of children under the age of 2, 3, 4 and 5 should be vaccinated against the triple virus, taking into account the changes in the vaccination schedule.
Information provided by the Tunha Mayor’s Office of Communications and Protocol.