This Friday a shipment arrives in the country with 800.00 doses of influenza vaccinereported the Minister of Health of the Nation, Carla Vizzotti, who warned that there is an “unusual increase” in cases. The official stressed that it is an unusual increase for this time of year, because it is usual to register towards the end of autumn and during winter.
In addition, the Ministry of Health announced that the flu vaccine campaign will start on Friday, March 25while its distribution to all provinces will take place during the week, due to an increase in flu cases that, according to the National Administration of Laboratories and Health Institutes (ANLIS-Malbrán) detected more than 370 affected by influenza per week , an average higher than usual for the end of summer.
“We have a sustained decrease in (cases of) Covid, and we are with a unusual increase in fluVizzotti remarked this morning. “It’s a time of year when it’s unusual to have so many cases of the flu, which can be influenza A or B,” he noted.
So far in 2022, he added, “there is an increase in flu cases, mainly in children, since in the previous two years, Covid totally displaced all other respiratory virusesand now they are more susceptible to the influenza virus.”
“Today, 800,000 doses of flu vaccines arrive and will be distributed to the provinces” during the next few days as part of the annual vaccination campaign, the official said in this regard.
Vizzotti recalled that the flu vaccine modifies its formulation every year because “the strain changes” and It is indicated for people over 65 years of age in risk conditions and boys and girls between 6 and 24 months.
Meanwhile, he warned about the need to “resume vaccination at all stages of life and medical check-ups”, given that the vaccination of the mandatory calendar “dropped ten points”.
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