Vaccination continues in emergency areas in Maule region

In recent days, Health Department Gloria Icaza has launched operations in the communities of Romoral, San Javier and San Clemente. Vaccinations focus on hepatitis A and tetanus. Also, on days when neighbors can vaccinate their pets (dogs and cats) against rabies, they are dewormed and identification microchips are placed on them..

Maule Health Seremi is deploying with its partner teams across much of the Territory to intensify vaccination campaigns against Hepatitis A and Tetanus in the context of frontline systems affecting the entire region and large parts of the Central Region. nation.

That is the vaccination campaign led by Gloria Icaza, District Health Board, to protect the people, neighbors, health officials and municipal personnel of the Romeral, San Javier and San Clemente communities from these diseases. This is within the framework of the intersectoral deployment of the regional authorities, mandated by President Gabriel Boric and Health Minister Simena Aguilera, to meet the needs of people affected by the climate emergency.

About the day, Gloria Icaza of Seremi de Salud noted, “We are doing these emergency vaccination campaigns, getting closer to the communities that have been affected by the bad weather. Repto, Sagrada Familia, Curicó, Constitución, Romeral, San Javier and the way in San Clemente today to get vaccinated against Hepatitis A and Tetanus.”

Furthermore, he added: “Our thought is always to coordinate with the municipalities, the mayors, as well as the primary health care providers (APS), because we are interested in having a good coordination so that the most affected people directly benefit the population. ’ Icasa concluded.

Who should be vaccinated?

People who have been exposed to sewage spills, Have not been vaccinated before and should be vaccinated against hepatitis A as long as they Aged over 6 months to 40 years.

Meanwhile, those who work in flooded areas and are injured by metal, sharp or rusty objects will be vaccinated against tetanus, which must be done within 15 days of the risk event.

“I would like to thank Seremi de Salud for having the opportunity to access the area and meet the needs of our neighbors,” said Carlos Estrada, community director for the San Javier Health Department. hysteresis, obviously sanitation is critical because we want people to be vaccinated and protected from what exposure to sewage might do.”

Lapitigua Neighborhood Council President Virginia Moran noted, “It was a great day and I thank Seremi de Salud and all those who accompanied her for giving us very good, very fast attention ’, the community leader concluded.

It is worth mentioning that on this day, neighbors vaccinated their pets (dogs and cats) against rabies, dewormed them and placed identification chips on them.