The number of doses of the vaccine against influenza applied in the capital of São Paulo on the first day of the immunization campaign reached 37,557, according to a report by the Municipal Health Secretariat (SMS). Vaccination started on Monday (10) and at this stage people over 60 years old, children (aged from 6 months and under 6 years old), pregnant women, puerperal women (up to 45 days after childbirth) are being immunized. , immunosuppressed and indigenous people. In all, 1,489,000 doses were allocated by the Ministry of Health to the municipality to be applied initially in priority groups. In the next stage, which starts next Monday (17), urban or long-distance bus drivers, who were included in the priority group, due to their exposure, will be able to receive the immunization. Starting next week, people with permanent disabilities and also those with comorbidities, health professionals, education, security and rescue forces, the Armed Forces, port professionals and the prison system, in addition to the general population, will also be able to get vaccinated. deprived of liberty, including adolescents who are serving socio-educational measures. The immunizer is available in all Basic Health Units (UBSs), open from Monday to Friday, from 7am to 7pm, and in outpatient medical assistance (AMAs)/Integrated UBSs, which are open from 7am to 7pm, including Saturdays and holidays. According to data from the Municipal Health Department, in 2022, 4,457,341 people were vaccinated. More information on Influenza virus vaccination is available here. Other vaccines Vaccination against covid-19 continues in all age groups in the city of São Paulo, with the bivalent Pfizer vaccine available since last Wednesday (5) also for health professionals, people with permanent physical disabilities, private population of liberty, prison system officials and people with comorbidities. The immunizer was already released for pregnant and puerperal women, people over 60 years old, residents in long-stay institutions, employees of these establishments, immunosuppressed and indigenous people over 12 years old. People in these groups who completed the basic scheme or who have already received booster doses can receive the vaccine, respecting the four-month interval of the most recent dose received. With other immunizations (monovalent), vaccination against covid-19 remains available from 6 months of age. The first booster dose is applied from the age of 3 and the second, in the entire population over 18 years of age, always respecting a four-month interval. Also from the age of 18, the third booster dose is available for immunosuppressed people. The city of São Paulo continues with the vaccination of children with the triple viral (measles, mumps and rubella), tetraviral (measles, mumps, rubella and chickenpox), BCG, pentavalent, inactivated polio vaccine (VIP), oral polio vaccine (OPV ), Pneumo 10, Rotavirus, Meningo C, Meningo ACWY, Varicella, Hepatitis A and B, Yellow fever, DTP (diphtheria, tetanus and whooping cough), Adult double, HPV and Pneumo 23. For poliomyelitis, vaccination continues for children at from 1 year up to 4 years and 11 months old. The objective is to immunize children with the complete inactivated vaccine (VIP) with the oral vaccine (OPV), increasing vaccination coverage.
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