In a first stage, health personnel, pregnant women and children up to six years of age were vaccinated and since last week health establishments throughout the province have applied the flu vaccine to adults over 65 years of age.
Those who are not included in the risk groups and do not have a medical prescription have the option of purchasing the vaccine in particular at a pharmacy, where they also apply it.
In this sense, the pharmacist Joselina Godoy said Elonce that this year the tetravalent vaccine, Istivac 4, is on sale, which has an approximate cost of 7000 pesos.
“Although this year began a little later than previous years due to the extended summer we had, many people are approaching and consulting,” he said, explaining that “they can approach with social work and medical prescription or in a private way.”
Although the vaccine is recommended for the entire population, because flu viruses mutate year by year, “the target population is over 65 years of age and people with risk factors such as hypertension, some lung disease. There is also a pediatric dose and it is applied under medical indication”.
The pharmacist realized that “this is a good time to get the vaccine, before full winter arrives.”
Regarding the vaccines for PAMI affiliates, he mentioned that “we received 140 doses which have already been applied and we are waiting for the second batch. The patient only has to attend with the credential and the DNI ”. Elonce.com
