The Undersecretary of Public Health, Andrea Albagliwarned about the sustained increase in influenza in the country, a disease that currently It represents almost half of the positive cases of respiratory infections.
“Influenza explains 46% of all tests that come positive to respiratory infection,” said the authority in dialogue with CHV Newsemphasizing that this figure has grown in a worrying way in recent times, since “Three weeks ago I was in 17%“.
In that sense, Albagli explained that, as has been a tendency in the winters after the pandemic, Respiratory viruses are circulating more intensity and anticipationensuring that “if before the peak of contagion was given in June, Now it occurs in May, this explains that it begins to increase very pronounced in Apriland that’s what we had been anticipating”
Faced with this scenario, the Undersecretary insisted on the importance of vaccination, especially among the highest risk groups: “People over 60 are the greatest risk of becoming seriously ill In case of infected with influenza, and is one of the groups that is with the lowest coverage compared to the total of the groups, with 50%. ”
Currently, he reported, the cobertation incional of youcacion corange tocAnza 60%, which represents 6,100,000 people VacUnada. While some groups have already exceeded the 85%goal, such as Health workers and older adult caregivers.
Albagli recalled that There are more than a thousand vaccination points throughout the countryand people can find them in Mevacuno.cl. In addition, he indicated that “all boys and girls born since October last year They are summoned to receive the dose of the syncotational respiratory virus vaccine”.
