São Paulo will have flu vaccination D-Day on Saturday
The capital of São Paulo will hold this Saturday (15) the D-Day of vaccination against the flu - influenza virus. In the current phase of the campaign, pregnant and postpartum women, indigenous peoples, health workers, professionals from the Traffic Engineering Company (CET), seniors aged 60 or over, and teachers from public and private schools are eligible to be vaccinated.
In order to carry out the campaign against influenza without conflicting with vaccination against covid-19, the city of São Paulo decided to carry out immunization against influenza exclusively in schools and educational establishments.
The list of vaccination sites can be seen on the city hall's page .
As of June 9, people with chronic non-communicable diseases, people with permanent disabilities, security and rescue forces and the Armed Forces, truck drivers, urban passenger road transport workers, urban and long-haul workers, port workers, prison system employees, adolescents and young people aged 12 to 21 under socio-educational measures, and a population deprived of liberty.
The city's estimate is that by July 9, the date scheduled for the end of the campaign, at least 4.7 million people will receive the vaccine in the city of São Paulo. During the period, people from São Paulo will also be able to update the vaccination booklet with other vaccines, such as polio, measles, pentavalent, yellow fever and rotavirus.
Covid-19
People infected with covid-19 or who were discharged less than 28 days ago will not be able to get the influenza vaccine. The application will also be delayed if the person has been immunized against covid-19 for less than 14 days or if the second dose is scheduled for less than 14 days.
"Influenza vaccination is very important to reduce complications and mortality from influenza virus infections in the target population, to facilitate the differential diagnosis between covid-19 and other respiratory diseases caused by influenza , and to avoid hospital admissions and the overload of the health system. health”, highlighted the city hall in a statement.
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