The director of Policies and Strategies in Public Health of the Secretary of Health of Hidalgo (SSH)María Concepción Carmona Ramos, pointed out that girls and boys have been more affected in the fifth wave of infections of the covid-19.
According to the Executive Secretariat of the State System for the Comprehensive Protection of the Rights of Children and Adolescents (SIPINNA) of Hidalgo, so far during the pandemic in the state, one year and four months, Five thousand 957 accumulated confirmed cases have been registered of covid-19 in children and adolescents of whom 22 have lost their lives.
The SIPINNA Hidalgo report, as of July 29, indicates that of the five thousand 957 accumulated confirmed cases of covid, one thousand 27 have been children from zero to five years of age, one thousand 802 from six to 11 years and three thousand 128 from 12 to 17 years of age.
“In this fifth wave, one of the groups that was most affected was precisely children, girls, in such a way that although it is true the form of response is different from that of an adult or an older adult, in the end they do not stop worrying us. parents,” Carmona Ramos said.
He reported that as of this week, children between the ages of five and 11 will be vaccinated with the first dose against covid-19. in part of the Huasteca, the Sierra and the Valle del Mezquital.
He mentioned that The vaccine will be applied in the municipalities of Huejutla de Reyes, San Agustín Metzquititlán, Metztitlán, Juárez Hidalgo, Eloxochitlán, Alfajayucan, El Cardonal, Chilcuautla, Francisco I. Madero, Mixquiahuala, Progreso de Obregón, San Salvador, Santiago de Anaya and El Arenal.
“The locations of the Huasteca are foreseeing that there are 21, more than 90 percent are in primary school locations so that the population knows it and goes precisely to demand this vaccination,” he said.
He mentioned that in the following days, 48,000 more doses of vaccine will be received which is available and free, so he called on parents and guardians of minors to demand the biological at the application headquarters.
“So what we would expect is that today this benefit will be taking the population from five to 11 years of age, well, in the case of the Huasteca, the population is coming to demand the vaccine for the good of their little ones and their children. small and that they do not stop taking care of themselves, ”he said.
He specified that the population from five to 11 years for the state of Hidalgo is 384,293 minors and pointed out that vaccination of this sector of the population, at the most recent cut, is 42 percent with first doses.
Vaccine for adolescents 12 and 13 years old
On the other hand, he also reported that from this week the second doses of the vaccine against covid will be applied. to all those adolescents of 12 and 13 years of age who were pending.
He noted that The vaccine will be applied in the municipalities of Acaxochitlán, Agua Blanca, Metepec, San Bartolo Tutotepec, Huehuetla, Tenango de Doria, Tepeji del Río, Ajacuba, Atotonilco de Tula, Tlaxcoapan, Atitalaquia, Tetepango, Atotonilco el Grande, Huasca, Omitlan, Acatlán, Mineral del Chico, Zacualtipán, Tianguistengo and Xochicoatlan.
He added that those adolescents aged 12 and 13 who have not received their first dose will be inoculated as of August 2 in the municipalities of Actopan, Francisco I. Madero, Mixquiahuala, Progreso de Obregón, San Salvador, Santiago de Anaya. , El Arenal, Molango, Calnali, Huazalingo, Lolotla, Tepehuacán de Guerrero, Tlanchinol, Pisaflores, Jacala, the Mission and Chapulhuacán.
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