Flu vaccine is released for all people from 6 months

The Municipal Health Secretariat (SMS) of Rio de Janeiro released, as of this Friday (5), the flu vaccine for all people from 6 months, including children, young people and adults, regardless of whether they have comorbidities or not. . Priority groups will continue to be vaccinated. According to the folder, there is no interval between the vaccine against covid-19 and the flu vaccine, and they can be applied on the same day. If you have symptoms suggestive of covid-19, the advice is to look for a unit to take the test and postpone the flu vaccination until full clinical recovery. People who have had covid-19 must wait at least four weeks after the onset of symptoms or the positive test for asymptomatic people to be vaccinated. This Saturday (6) Rio will promote the D-Day of the National Influenza Vaccination Campaign from 8 am to 5 pm at vaccination points throughout the city. At the Super Centro Carioca de Vacinação, in Botafogo, in the southern part of the capital of Rio de Janeiro, it is open until 10 pm.

Agência Brasil