Similar days have been held this weekend in Áncash, Apurímac, San Martín, Tumbes, Ucayali, Junín, Puno, Huánuco and Ayacucho.
18:00 | Iquitos, Feb. 19.
Thousands of older adults in Iquitos, in the Loreto region, were vaccinated against covid-19 during a joint campaign by the Ministry of Health (Minsa), the Pension 65 program of the Ministry of Development and Social Inclusion (Midis) and the Bank of the Nation.
The goal of the “Pagaton” campaign is that adults over 60 years of age complete their doses against covid-19. In addition, they will be provided pneumococcal vaccinesaid the Vice Minister of Public Health, María Elena Aguilar.
The Director of Immunizations, María Elena Martínez, explained that Similar events have been held this weekend in Áncash, Apurímac, San Martín, Tumbes, Ucayali, Junín, Puno, Huánuco and Ayacucho“, he detailed.
dengue care
As part of her visit to Iquitos, Vice Minister Aguilar toured the environments of the Loreto Regional Hospital and of the Bellavista-Nanay and San Juan health centers where he verified the care provided to the population, in particular, to the growing number of people infected by dengue.
In this sense, the director of Prevention and Control of Metaxenic Diseases and Zoonoses, Karim Pardo, said that the emergency declaration of 13 regions, including Loreto, will strengthen the training of health personnel to face dengue and educate the population for greater prevention.
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Published: 2/19/2023