The governor Osvaldo Jaldo It was after 7:30 in the Provincial Emergency Department where he participated in the start of vaccination against Dengue for workers who provide essential services, such as employees of the Provincial Health System. Health, education and safety.
In turn, the President announced that since the 100 thousand doses of the first vaccine will not be used in this entire group, They will continue with the groups of Tucumans “according to what international and national health protocols indicate.”
The President was accompanied by the minister of the area, Luis Medina Ruizthe Medical Executive Secretary, Daniel Amado, the head of Emergencies, Francisco Barreiro, among other health officials.
Both doses
As stated last week, Jaldo confirmed that in less than 10 business days the Province is vaccinating against this disease, after announcing on April 15 the purchase of 200 thousand vaccines for both doses with a cost between 4 one thousand and 5 billion pesos.
“We have completed all the documentation, financially we gave priority to the purchase and today in 107 we are administering the first vaccine,” said Jaldo.
Essentials
In that sense, he stressed that they will have a specific destiny: “The personnel who fulfill essential roles that expose their lives to care for the people of Tucumán, such as those who make up the Provincial Health System (Siprosa),” he clarified. “Today we have started with the personnel of 107 that is on the street running through Capital and Interior and enters homes and is more exposed to infections,” explained Jaldo.
The head of the EP announced that “we are going to vaccinate on several fronts but we give you peace of mind to health personnel, to those who care for and educate us, to teaching and to the police that we have purchased enough doses to vaccinate these three sectors that provide essential services,” he said.
“The vaccine does not have immediate effect but we are preparing for next year and it finds us in the best position,” the Governor made it clear, which is why he insisted that the operation (of the purchase) is 100% done and we have already carried out the first payment”.
The population
Regarding the vaccination schedule, Jaldo explained: “After these doses we are going to have a significant surplus since the 100 thousand are not for essential personnel, so according to the protocol indicated by international and national organizations we are going to continue vaccinating ”.
“Tucumán is making reservations to see how the disease evolves in the region and in Argentina” and “we are not going to hesitate to continue investing in vaccines for people who do not belong to essential services who want to be vaccinated,” he concluded.
KEY POINTS
– 30 thousand doses arrived from a purchase that includes 100 thousand to inoculate against dengue.
– On Monday the 29th, vaccination of Health personnel will begin.
– The Tucumán State disbursed close to four to five billion pesos
– It is one more tool for scrapping, bottom cleaning, weed removal and fumigation.
– Essential personnel will be vaccinated voluntarily: Siprosa workers, teachers, police officers and, if necessary, Tucumán men and women between 20 and 40 years old.
– The second purchase of another 100 thousand doses will be made between August and September (90 days later), the date on which the second dose must be administered.
– Immunization begins 15 days after receiving the second dose
– It is not enough to take a single dose.
– This vaccine is not in the vaccination schedule so its placement is not mandatory.
