On the third National Immunization Day this weekend, more than 44,000 girls and boys under 5 from across the country completed their regular immunizations. That is, 80% of the target (56,094) expected up to December has been achieved, reported the Ministry of Health (Minsa).
María Elena Martínez Barrera, executive director of Immunizations of the Minsa, stressed that on the third day, through the “I vaccine it, I protect it” campaign, it focused mainly on protecting children under 5 against 27 diseases through the vaccines of the Scheme regular.
“Since 1991, our country has had no cases of polio and we do not want this disease to return, so the vaccination brigades bring vaccines to the most remote places. Diseases such as measles, diphtheria and poliomyelitis were controlled and eliminated thanks to vaccines. I urge parents not to let their guard down,” said María Elena Martínez Barrera, executive director of vaccinations at Minsa.
To fill the vaccination gaps in the regular and covid-19 regimen, vaccination brigades are traveling to the most remote areas. This Sunday, the nurses of the Directorate of Integrated Health Networks (Diris) of the north of Lima reached the settlement of Vista Alegre, in the district of Comas, where they vaccinated children, adolescents, adults and the elderly.
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Likewise, given the increase in cases of covid-19, María Elena Martínez recommended that the population and health personnel complete their doses and thus avoid falling seriously ill. To date, more than 73% of the target population has three doses against SARS-CoV-2.
“Covid-19 affects not only people over the age of 60, but also adults over the age of 50 who have not been vaccinated. There are about 3 million people who have not received any dose against covid-19, for them we ask that they get vaccinated”, exhorted Martínez.
For his part, the head of Diris Lima North, Hernán Navarro Caycho, specified that, for the third day, about 800 vaccination brigades have been mobilized across the nine districts of the jurisdiction, placing an average of 2,500 vaccines per day.
