The influenza immunization campaign begins this Monday (18) in Rio Grande do Norte. According to the State Health Department (Sesap/RN), the Ministry of Health sent more than 360 thousand doses in this first batch to serve priority groups. Among them are children aged 6 months to under 6 years old, healthcare workers and pregnant women.
The start of vaccination in Rio Grande do Norte begins one week before the date suggested by the Ministry of Health, which is March 25, as the official milestone to combat influenza for the Northeast, Central-West, South and Southeast Regions. The coordinator of the State Immunization Program, Laiane Graziela, clarifies that the decision was agreed upon by the Vaccination Technical Chamber due to the period of greater circulation of viruses.
The vaccine used in the campaign is trivalent, which protects against the main influenza viruses circulating in Brazil and can be applied in conjunction with other immunizers from the National Vaccination Calendar. In 2023, around 961 thousand doses of the influenza vaccine were administered in RN.
Check out the priority audiences for vaccination:
- children aged 6 months to under 6 years
- health worker
- pregnant women
- postpartum women
- primary and higher education teachers
- Indian people
- seniors aged 60 and over
- homeless people
- security and rescue forces professionals
- Armed Forces professionals
- people with chronic non-communicable diseases and other special clinical conditions regardless of age
- people with permanent disabilities
- truck drivers
- public road transport workers for urban and long-distance passengers
- port workers
- population deprived of liberty and employees of the deprivation of liberty system, adolescents and young people aged 12 to 21 under socio-educational measures.
Children who will receive the vaccine for the first time must take two doses, 30 days apart.
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