“1,353 complete schemes had been applied for kids beneath the age of 6: 14 newborns, 16 6-month-olds, 43 1-year-olds, 20 18-month-olds and 56 5-year-olds. As well as, there are 88 doses in opposition to human papillomavirus in ladies from 9 to 17 years outdated and 107 in boys from 9 to 14 years outdated.mentioned Liliana Ospina, Secretary of Well being, including that “216 doses in opposition to COVID-19 and 895 in opposition to influenza have been administered. “The vaccination is not going to cease, we are going to proceed to vaccinate in our well being posts and within the varied IPS of the town.”.
The significance of vaccination
Vaccination is without doubt one of the most essential advances in public well being, taking part in an important position in stopping infectious ailments and defending international well being. Based on the World Well being Group (WHO), vaccines forestall between 2 and three million deaths annually. Vaccines work by stimulating the immune system to acknowledge and struggle particular pathogens, comparable to viruses and micro organism, with out inflicting sickness. This not solely protects vaccinated people, but additionally contributes to herd immunity, defending those that can’t be vaccinated resulting from medical causes or age.
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