The city council of Boituva (SP) reinforces the importance of immunization against the flu and warns of low adherence among teachers. Vaccination is available in all Basic Health Units (UBSs) in the municipality for groups defined as priority.
According to the Ministry of Health, Boituva should vaccinate around 980 Education professionals, however, as of the 21st, only 71 teachers had received the vaccine.
The vaccine used is trivalent, that is, it presents three types of virus strains in combination, protecting against the main viruses circulating in Brazil.
The estimate is that 75 million people will be immunized in the country. The Ministry of Health informs that the influenza vaccine can be administered at the same time as other vaccines on the National Vaccination Calendar.
All UBSs, with the exception of the Center unit, offer vaccines from 8 am to 4 pm.
- Children aged 6 months to under 6 years;
- Indigenous children aged 6 months to under 9 years;
- Health Workers;
- Pregnant women;
- Postpartum women;
- Teachers of basic and higher education;
- Indian people;
- 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 (regardless of age);
- People with permanent disabilities;
- Truck drivers;
- Public road transport workers (urban and long-distance);
- Port workers;
- Employees of the deprivation of liberty system;
- Population deprived of liberty, in addition to adolescents and young people under socio-educational measures (between 12 and 21 years old).
Children who will be vaccinated for the first time will need to receive two doses, with a space of 30 days between each dose.
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