This measure aims to facilitate access to vaccination against influenza and other respiratory diseases.
Minister Ximena Aguilera announced that as part of the winter campaign, The vaccination centers of the Ministry of Health (Minsal) in Santiago will extend their hours of attention to include Saturdays and Sundays.
This measure aims be able to facilitate access to vaccination against influenza and other respiratory diseases during rest days, and increase coverage in the population.
“We are trying to encourage vaccination and provide more facilities to do so, opening vaccination centers like this one on weekends, which is the vaccination center of the Ministry of Health, which is in the center of Santiago,” indicated the Minister of Health.
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COVID-19 situation in Chile
In that sense, Aguilera explained that “With COVID-19 we have a very special situation, “And the increase in cases is usually recorded in the warm months, unlike what happens with the Influenza.” AND
“We have been seeing this since the beginning of the pandemic and it is because, in our warm months, in the northern hemisphere it is autumn and winter and new variants emerge that produce an increase in reinfection,” he added.
These new variants “They have the ability to evade the immune response, and that makes it necessary to reinforce vaccination and re-vaccinate people in risk groups.”
Who should be vaccinated against COVID-19?
The prioritized groups for COVID-19 vaccination in the 2024 process are:
- People over 60 years old
- Immunocompromised patients
- health workers
- Pregnant women and people with chronic diseases.
According to the Minsal, this week the following workers joined the priority group:
- Personnel of Armed Forces, Order and Security such as Carabineros, PDI, Gendarmerie, Army, Navy and Air Force
- SENAPRED, CONAF and Firefighters officials
- Census takers of the 2024 CENSUS
- Caregivers and intra-home contacts of bedridden people.
- Community pharmacy workers; of laboratories that carry out detection of SARS-CoV-2 and of the 24 ministries, of the Judiciary, Legislature, Regional Governments and Municipalities.
Where are the Minsal vaccination centers?
The Minsal provided an online map that tells you where the active vaccination centers are in each commune.
To check the nearest inoculation points you must click on IT IS LINKED. You can also consult the Salud Responde number 600 360 7777.
2024-03-08 14:56:16
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