The Ministry of Health has issued a report for the increased cases of influenza On the whole national territory.
In that order, he called on the at-risk population to approach fixed vaccination posts to get immunized.
“This week we are relaunching vaccination day and 11,500 people have already been vaccinated in the first week,” said the doctor. Eladio Perez.
The strain circulating in the country is precisely the one that is prevented by vaccines, he indicated. The application of the flu vaccine to pregnant women as one of the priority segments to prevent the disease.
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On your side, Dr. Natalia GarciaThe health consultant said for every 10 patients with symptoms treated by pulmonologists this season, six have the flu.
In this sense, the preventive epidemiological alert is justified, in which it is recommended to vaccinate vulnerable groups to avoid complications.
Dr. Eladio Pérez drew attention to the children under 5 years oldpregnant women, the elderly, people with comorbidities, health personnel most vulnerable to the flu, and urged them to go free to the various vaccination centers where organic is applied.
“The virus is easily transmitted from one person to another, through particles,” he said.
