Vaccination against dengue remains in…

Divinópolis City Hall, through the Immunization Center of the Municipal Health Department (Semusa), announces that vaccination against dengue will continue to take place in health units and covering children and adolescents aged 10 to 14 years.

The municipality will receive 12,729 doses of dengue vaccines, with the first shipment containing 3,182 doses, with almost 800 doses being applied in a joint effort last Saturday (04/05).

Vaccination in health units runs from 8 am until 4 pm. The units with the health on the hour program (Afonso Pena, Bom Pastor, Ermida, Ipiranga, Niterói, Sagrada Família, Planalto, Belvedere, Tietê and Nossa Senhora das Graças), vaccination is from 8am until 4pm and from 6pm until 21 hours.

Vice-Mayor and Government Secretary Janete Aparecida asks everyone to look for health facilities: “I make it clear that the vaccine is free and adherence is voluntary, but extremely important in the fight against virus infection transmitted by this insect that has been making people sick so many people, but I ask the population to maintain the necessary precautions to prevent the spread of mosquitoes”, he highlights.

It is important to highlight that the immunization process against dengue is distributed between two doses, therefore being applied with a minimum interval of 3 months. To be vaccinated, the teenager must be in possession of a CPF document or SUS card, a vaccination card and must be accompanied by a parent or guardian and remain in the unit for 15 minutes.

Important recommendations

– The dengue vaccine cannot be administered concomitantly with other vaccines. If children have been vaccinated with vaccines made up of inactive viruses, such as influenza, the dengue vaccine can only be administered at least 24 hours apart.

– In relation to vaccines with attenuated viruses, such as MMR and yellow fever, the recommended interval is 30 days from dengue vaccination.

– in relation to Dengue virus infection. People who have been infected with the dengue virus must wait 6 months to start the vaccination schedule with the dengue vaccine (attenuated).

Contraindications

The dengue vaccine should not be administered in the following situations:

• Anaphylaxis or hypersensitivity reaction to any component of the vaccine or to the previous dose of that vaccine;

• Individuals with congenital or acquired immunodeficiency, including those receiving immunosuppressive therapies such as chemotherapy or high doses of systemic corticosteroids within four weeks prior to vaccination, as with other live attenuated vaccines;

• Individuals with symptomatic HIV infection or asymptomatic HIV infection when accompanied by evidence of compromised immune function.

Adverse reactions

The most common adverse reactions are reactions at the vaccine application site with pain, redness and edema. Systemic reactions such as fever, headache, myalgia, weakness and loss of appetite may also occur. Rare reactions have included irritability (in children), allergic reactions, and drowsiness.