Job. There is 47% coverage of influenza vaccination, that is, of the 500,000 available vaccines, 236,000 doses have been administered.
Source: Government of Santa Cruz
On Monday, July 1, the school holidays begin and the Headquarters urge the population to take advantage of these days of rest so that parents and families can take their minors to health centers to receive the dose against influenza, polio, human papilloma and others from the Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI) scheme.
Jaime Bilbao, director of the Headquarters, highlighted that these days there has been 47% vaccination coverage in the age group to receive the dose against influenza, that is, children under 12 years of age, adults over 60 years of age and patients with illness. base.
“Of the 500,000 doses against influenza, 236,000 have already been administered. This work has no pause and during the winter vaccinations we will continue with the vaccination campaign in our health centers. We ask parents to take advantage of these days and bring their children to be immunized,” said Bilbao.
Regarding the disease, Bilbao pointed out that at the end of the day there will be an evaluation of the epidemiological week that is concluding; however, he highlighted that during the week there were 6 cases of influenza and 9 positive cases of Covid-19.
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