Toluca, Mexico – Inhabitants of the state of Mexico can receive the seasonal flu vaccine in the health centers of your locality, to prevent them from contracting this disease in the autumn-winter season.
A few days ago the Vaccination Campaign for Seasonal flu season 2022-2023, in which 2.1 million doses are expected to be applied, said the head of the Secretary of Health of the State of Mexico, Francisco Fernández Clamont.
In the 125 municipalities of the state of Mexico, organic is available free of charge for all sectors of the population.
“The aim is to protect the population aged between six months and five years, the elderly, pregnant women and people with chronic diseases”, so he invited Mexicans from these groups to go to any of the 1,221 health centers. health to receive the vaccine.
The director general also of the Institute of Health of the State of Mexico (ISEM) explained that the trivalent vaccine is top quality and totally free, he also specified that after receiving the dose it takes 20 days to reach its maximum effectiveness, so now is the ideal time to receive it and when the cold is more intense, the target population is protected.
“Once again it is shown that preventive medicine actions are fundamental, as demonstrated by immunization against Covid-19”, he also stressed that, since the pandemic is not yet over, it is appropriate to continue the use of masks in spaces closed and with little ventilation.
The head of the Department of Child and Adolescent Health and head of the ISEM state vaccination program, Edwin Contreras Sánchez, asked the population to prevent the contagion and spread of influenza through the vaccineas the virus is easily transmitted and affects the most vulnerable population.
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