Jorge Prietto, Secretary of Health of Santa Fe, stressed that “the Malbran, the national body that does epidemiological monitoring, has detected the presence of influenza at a time that is not so common, with approximately 370 cases per week.”
The official stated that “during the two years of the pandemic there was no circulation of influenza and there were 4,500 cases. Today, in this short period, we have already had 1,055 cases.”
He specified that “the detected strain, which is circulating, is group A NH3N2.” Asked about the reasons why the cases were brought forward, he commented: “Specialists say that, since there has been no circulation for two years, the susceptibility that influenza has today has exceeded the dominance of Covid.”
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Along these lines, Prietto indicated: “That is why we no longer talk about Covid, from now on we talk about respiratory diseases; where the dominance is going to be influenza. Let’s not forget that we are going through and we are riding the two pathologies. It goes to coexist what is Covid and what is influenza “.
“All these viruses are indoor and conglomerate. We have to take care of ourselves. We have had two years outside the rest of the viral pathologies and today the susceptibility of respiratory diseases is going to be predominant. We are not talking about Covid anymore, we are talking about respiratory diseases” , finished
flu vaccination
The flu vaccination campaign in the province of Santa Fe began this Friday in Santa Fe, according to the federal plan agreed upon by the Federal Health Council (Cofesa).
It started with health personnel to continue later with security personnel. It is estimated that in the next 2 weeks she will advance with the rest of the citizenship. The target population is 850 thousand people.
In this regard, the Minister of Health, Sonia Martorano, specified that “88,000 vaccines have arrived, a number with which we can reach the entire health sector. Next week they would enter more doses to continue with the rest of the population “.
The minister recalled that “pregnant people at any time during pregnancy, puerperal women, boys and girls from 6 months to two years old and people over 65 years of age should be vaccinated. Those who are between two and 65 years old with risk factors should also apply the vaccine, these factors can be heart, lung or immunosuppressed diseases.
Prieto also confirmed that people will be able to go to hospitals, health centers or regular vaccination centers, that is, places where the rest of the vaccines are placed, outside of the Covid operation.
“Decentralization will be carried out as has always been done with the vaccine. Santa Fe had an operational capacity for the flu campaign of 400,000 doses on a monthly basis, today we are placing 55,000 doses for Covid. The infrastructure is ready, but the ideal is to bring the vaccine closer to the territory,” said the Secretary of Health.
For her part, the minister confirmed that “especially in this period, we are going to continue in the province with the use of the chinstrap. It is a great barrier to continue taking care of our boys and girls and older people. In addition, we must return to hand washing, ventilation of environments and distance as prevention measures, ”she explained.
Asked about vaccination for the target population, Martorano said that “the general population can go to the health center closest to their home”; and she announced that “we will go to nursing homes with our mobiles because the Covid vaccination gave us great results.”
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