Wednesday 4 January 2023
1 o’clock
The provincial contact person for epidemiological surveillance, Verónica Di Giovani, has asked the community to complete the vaccination schemes, mainly taking into account the wave of Covid. Also, you pointed out that a measles outbreak is expected.
“It is highly recommended, please complete the Covid schemes. Unfortunately we are seeing that there are many people who have received the first and second doses, reinforcements have been made there, but the Covid scheme has not been completed ”, said the contact person in dialogue with Radio Valle Viejo.
He also assured that the deaths that there are “the vast majority are of people without vaccines or people with incomplete vaccines”.
Di Giovani recalled that people over the age of 18 with risk factors must be vaccinated: “The fourth and fifth doses must already be enabled. The same goes for the over 65s, who also have to take the fifth dose, which would be ideal. Likewise, the last booster must be placed within the last 4 months.
If the last dose was within the last 4 months, go to the free vaccination centers
Furthermore, Di Giovani denied that he could not get vaccinated while having a cold, since “it is a false contraindication to vaccines”. For those who have had Covid, it serves as a reinforcement within the following three months, even if it can be done even earlier.
It should be noted that the Ministry of National Health this Monday reported 72,558 new coronavirus infections and 47 deaths from the pandemic in the past week. In Catamarca, 1,998 infections and two deaths were reported in the last week.
measles alert
Di Giovani, on the other hand, asked for “special attention with the triple viral vaccine, which is against measles”. “Because of the World Cup in Qatar, there has been a resurgence of the disease and we expect local cases,” he said.
“If we go abroad, we also check that we all have the triple viral vaccine up to date, which is the measles vaccine, not just the children,” the reference said.
“The best thing is 10 days before the trip. I already need to get the vaccine so that my body builds immunity and is protected at the time of travel,” she recommended.
The disease is spread rapidly through the air by tiny droplets of saliva from coughs or sneezes.
