Tucuman brings out a new phase of your dengue vaccination campaignnow focused on the young people between 20 and 24 years old. This was announced by the governor Osvaldo Jaldo at a press conference held in Government House during the immunization of journalists, who were joined in this stage by national security personnel, such as Gendarmerie, Federal Police and Airport Security Police (PSA).
“We have been vaccinating the group of young people up to 19 years old against dengue. “Today I come to announce to you that we will move forward with people between 20 and 24 years old,” the governor said before a group of communicators. In addition, he stated that he took the measure based on technical and Health decisions of the Ministry of Health led by Luis Medina Ruiz. Jaldo He stressed that Tucumans of this age group can now access immunization.
“We have to prepare for a hot summer with many mosquitoes,” he warned. Young people who are part of the new groups will have the option of getting vaccinated at 107, the Family Vaccination or in hospitals in the capital and in the interior of the province. “Tucuman It is the province that purchased the most vaccines. The first as well as the second dose is guaranteed. If necessary we will buy more, even though they are in short supply. That is to say, we have the vaccines and the capacity of a great health team,” explained the leader.
Tucumán has already begun vaccination against dengue in the Gendarmerie
After the governor’s announcement Osvaldo Jaldo to expand the vaccination campaign, the Minister of Public Health, Luis Medina Ruizand the minister of Security of Tucumán, Eugenio Agüero Gamboawent last Wednesday to the 55th Gendarmerie Squadron to implement this policy. In the scenario of the strategic actions proposed in the Provincial Comprehensive Approach Plan Priority is given to immunizing personnel who provide essential services to the community.
On the first day of immunization, Medina Ruiz dedicated a few words to this matter, as recorded The Gazette: “The governor Osvaldo Jaldo asked us to protect the population that is exposed to this disease and in this matter of protecting essential personnel, we already have in mind Tucuman vaccinated staff Health, Education and Safety public and private. There is a staff of Security that takes care of us, that depends on the Nationare federal forces based in Tucumanlike Gendarmerie, Federal Police and PSA that protects us, they fulfill an essential function, as a team with our Ministry of Security. Fundamentally we find them at the border, they prevent the entry of drugs that we know do so much damage to our society.”
Aguero Gamboaminister of Securityreported on the reasons that led the governor to request the vaccination of the federal forces based in Tucuman: “They are the ones who also take care of the lives and property of Tucumans, they work together with police personnel in operations that are carried out within the province, as well as in bordering posts; therefore they are considered essential.”
Tucumán prioritizes the vaccination of young people
To meet the objectives of the government of TucumanHe Family Vaccination It was enabled last Saturday. “We ask essential health, security and education personnel to take advantage of this day to get vaccinated; and for young people between 15 and 24 years old to continue attending as they have been doing because this will allow the disease not to be serious,” he commented. Luis Medina Ruizas reported The First. He Family Vaccination It was enabled from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Tucuman move forward with dengue vaccination campaignpaying special attention to young people and security members.