This is given the complex panorama regarding influenza at the national level, the vaccination balance reaches 58%, while in La Araucanía, it has already exceeded 60%. This in the midst of a sustained increase in respiratory consultations due to Influenza.
In this regard, the Seremi of Health Andrés Cuyul said that “In the last epidemiological week we have experienced an increase in emergency consultations in the healthcare network, in the province of Malleco respiratory consultations for children under 15 years of age have increased from 65 to 69 %, while in the province of Cautín a stable percentage remains at 50%,” explained Cuyul.
Due to the above, the call has been reinforced for people to apply the vaccine in the 66 vaccination centers available in the 32 communes of the region, both for influenza and for Covid-19, as expressed by the Minister of Health, Andrés Cuyul , “we call on target groups to protect themselves, pregnant women, those over 60 years of age, boys and girls between 6 months and the fifth year of primary school to apply the vaccine.”
During this weekend, vaccination operations will be carried out in different sectors, in the case of Temuco, in the Railway Museum, in the Isla Cautín Urban Park, while in Angol in Cesfam, Piedra del Águila and Germany.
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