The authorities of the Ministry of Health reported that more than a million people have their mobility pass blocked because they have not received the booster dose, six months after the last vaccine administered, and that target population of the influenza vaccine, 62.9% have already received their respective dose.
The foregoing, in an activity carried out at the New Zealand School, commune of Independencia, to encourage vaccination against both diseases in boys and girls between 6 and 11 years of age, in which they called to be vaccinated this season, due to the increase in viral load.
Today we were at the New Zealand School in Independence to continue reinforcing vaccination against #COVID_19 and the #Influenza before winter, a season in which health emergencies usually increase. 💉 It is essential that we take care of our little ones. pic.twitter.com/WuMAQdW9tI
— Fernando Araos Dattoli (@AraosFernando) May 6, 2022
The Undersecretary of Healthcare Networks, Fernando Araos, He emphasized that “with the return to classes, to work, and the certain level of attendance much higher than in previous years,” there will be “a winter with the circulation of other viruses.”
In this sense, Araos affirmed that deployed a winter campaign “to strengthen emergency services, both in primary care and hospitals”, together with the conversion of beds, “not only adult but also pediatric”.
“We make a call to the population that The most important way to take care of all of us is vaccination”concluded the undersecretary.
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