• The priority groups are children and older adults; holder of the SSH asks the latter to go to the medical care units to receive the biological
🖋 Miguel Alburquerque – PACHUCA
The Hidalgo Health Secretariat (SSH) and the IMSS Bienestar system have 865,271 doses of the influenza vaccine, but their stock of the biological against Covid-19 is only 84,170 doses.
According to figures from the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (Inegi), the total population of the entity in 2020 was 3 million 82 thousand 841 people, meaning that with the available material only 28.06% of those could be protected from influenza. inhabitants and Covid-19 at 2.73%.
In an interview, the head of the SSH, Vanesa Escalante Arroyo, said that universal vaccination coverage is essential for the agency, which is why preventive schemes have been advancing for some time, which contemplate the application of several doses.
The official reiterated that the priority groups to receive the vaccines are children and the elderly, so she asked the latter to approach the medical care units (health centers, IMSS-Wellness-ordinary IMSS, ISSSTE) to receive the vaccine. immunization.
Regarding the reports of adverse reactions caused by the Abdala vaccine against Covid-19, the secretary argued that “each organism is different and everyone has a particular immune system.”
“The vast majority of vaccines could initially cause pain and redness at the site of the vaccine placement. Some others may even have slightly stronger reactions, such as fever, malaise, general pain or headache.
“However, it is important that you identify that it does not cause any type of rash skin or any area of redness on the skin, because if not, they would have to go to their health unit again,” he recommended.
“We are entering a season that is almost hitting winter and remember that we are in these climatic situations that cause the citizens of our state of Hidalgo to have higher rates of respiratory diseases.
“Among them, let us remember that there is treatment for influenza and as such there is no treatment for Covid. “Therein lies the imperative need for the vaccination that we are carrying out right now,” said the public servant.
