The government of São Paulo begins, this Monday (25), the flu vaccination campaign – disease caused by the influenza virus. The action takes place in the 645 municipalities of São Paulo until May 5th and, according to management, aims to expand flu vaccination coverage to 18.1 million people in priority groups.
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With the arrival of autumn, there is a greater prevalence of respiratory diseases such as rhinitis, sinusitis, flu and colds. The director of the Epidemiological Surveillance Center (CVE) of the State Department of Health, Tatiana Lang D’Agostini, explains that the change of season leads to an increase in cases, which can be prevented with vaccination.
“This period increases acute respiratory diseases, therefore, to prevent the spread of the virus, it is essential to adopt prevention measures and get immunized. In 2023, we had 53% coverage across the entire state. The goal now is for it to surpass the previous year’s numbers, ensuring that as many people as possible are immunized”, says Tatiana.
In total, CVE received more than 1.7 million doses of the vaccine against the influenza virus from the Ministry of Health. The vaccine — a single dose for adults — is responsible for reducing the risk of respiratory complications and pneumonia in the event of infection. When receiving it for the first time, children aged six to 23 months must take two doses.
Check out the complete list of vaccination priority groups:
- Children aged 6 months to under six years of age
- Health professionals
- Pregnant women
- Postpartum women
- Primary and higher education teachers
- Indian people
- Quilombolas
- Elderly people 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
- People with permanent disabilities
- Truckers
- Public road transport workers for urban and long-distance passengers
- Port workers
- Population deprived of liberty, prison system employees and young people undergoing socio-educational measures
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