Starting this week, the Immunization teams at Health Centers are prepared to receive users who are part of the target groups and require reinforcement of immunization against the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
With the announcement of the Ministry of Health about the bivalent vaccination reinforcement, the Regional Secretary of Health in Los Ríos, Qf. Cristina Ojeda Ojeda announced that the region has the necessary doses to respond to the demand for bivalent booster vaccination against Covid-19.
“A year ago, the bivalent vaccine was incorporated as part of the Covid-19 containment strategy and after these 12 months it has been evident that thanks to this vaccine, a health impact has been generated, reducing Covid-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths. associated, but also, it has been discovered that immunity after six months begins to decrease, therefore, to continue with this successful public health containment regarding the SARS-CoV-2 virus and prevent significant infections from occurring again due to “This disease, it is necessary to reinforce bivalent vaccination, especially for target groups,” explained the SEREMI de Salud.
Currently, regional coverage with bivalent vaccination reaches 25.1%, which is why the authority called on risk groups to reinforce their vaccination once one year has passed since the previous inoculation with bivalent. These groups are: health officials, immunosuppressed people from 12 years of age, chronically ill people from 12 years of age and people over 80, 70 and 60 years of age; especially now, that, after the statistical analysis, carried out by the Epidemiology section of the SEREMI de Salud, an increase in positivity was evident, which reached 28.1%.
“Another important piece of information revealed by the Epidemiological Week 43 report is that in Los Ríos there were a total of 99 new positive cases of SARS-CoV-2, of which 51 correspond to the PCR diagnostic technique and 48 to the PCR test. antigens, therefore, we call not to neglect ourselves, the Covid-19 disease is still present and it is everyone’s responsibility to keep the chain of transmission under control through the measures already learned during the Pandemic and of course, through of one of the most effective control strategies, which is vaccination.”
Finally, the authority Cristina Ojeda, expressed the importance of timely testing carried out in Primary Care Health Centers and Hospitals and continuing to reinforce preventive measures such as hand washing, ventilation and use of a mask if you are suffering from a respiratory infection. .
2023-11-02 15:42:48
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