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Dr. Héctor Castro, director of the PAI, insisted once again on the importance of immunization against the various diseases that are enhanced in winter. The vaccination campaign starts this Monday. Winter 2023 Expanded Program on Immunization (PAI) and will run until Friday, April 14.
People will be able to access three types of vaccines: bivalent against Covid-19, quadrivalent against influenza and neumo 23.
Castro expressed that the objective is to protect the population from respiratory diseases, in this sense, he stressed that the priority groups are over 60 years of age, under 3 years of age, pregnant women and people with comorbidities.
Likewise, the health authority pointed out that the application of these vaccines can be simultaneously without any risk.
“Having the vaccine is not an achievement, the achievement is that people get vaccinated in a timely and anticipated time. That would be an achievement”, Dr. Héctor Castro, director of the Expanded Immunization Program (PAI).
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