Given the worrying epidemiological situation, they promote a vaccination program against Dengue
The provincial deputy and president of the radical Bloc Silvana Carrizo introduced a bill that promotes a Vaccination Plan against Dengue.
The provincial deputy and president of the radical Bloc Silvana Carrizo introduced a bill that promotes a Vaccination Plan against Dengue. Given the worrying epidemiological situation last year in Catamarca regarding the virus and considering that 2023 closed with more than 1,100 cases and the reality of neighboring provinces with more than 10 thousand, the radical deputy highlighted the approval of the vaccine by ANMAT and noted that “after seeing the lack of public policies by the Executive during the year to address the issue, we see it as evident and necessary to advance vaccination as a method of prevention and safety.”
“We have had more than 2,700 cases so far this year, double what it was in 2023, and 90% of the cases are from the Capital” Carrizo expressed after pointing out that the Program’s purpose is to vaccinate voluntarilyof the entire population of the province under the application parameters set by the COE Dengue or the Ministry of Health, taking into account the geographical zones or programmatic areas most affected, ages, etc.
In this sense, remember that the vaccine offers defenses against the 4 variants or serotypes of the virus, with the application of two doses starting at 4 years of age, with an application time of 90 days between each one.
For the Legislator, “we are at the right time to carry out prevention policies, given that the most severe complications caused by the virus are for those who have suffered the infection and in our province, the alarming rise in cases not only leads to a current concern but also in what will await us in the future with people who can contract Dengue again but in another of its variants” he explains.
At this point, he emphasizes that it is scientifically proven that the vaccine reduces hospitalizations by 84% and cases of symptomatic dengue by 61%.
2024-03-02 22:29:00
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