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Seremi de Salud Maule and Senama call to resume bivalent vaccination in older people

– People over 65 years of age and those in the highest risk groups, who have already completed one year since the last Covid-19 vaccination.
The Health Authority of the Maule Region, Gloria Icaza, reactivated the inoculation campaign with the bivalent vaccine against Covid-19 for people who are celebrating one year since their last vaccination with this dose

Gloria Icaza, Seremi de Salud, pointed out: “We are resuming the annual bivalent vaccine campaign to prevent Covid-19. While it is true, the health alert has already ended, it is a disease that is here to stay and we need to keep ourselves vaccinated annually.” In addition, she added that “in our region, we call on around 176 thousand older people to go to their health centers to resume their vaccination, since it will allow us to be protected from this respiratory disease.”

For his part, Ignacio Salas, Regional Coordinator of Senama, indicated that “we are resuming the bivalent vaccination campaign, for our Seniors who live in these sheltered homes in Talca, but we will also carry out this action with the people who live in our Public Eleam of Cauquenes, Curicó and Licantén and in the 15 Centro Día devices that we have in the region.”

It should be noted that at the country level, the Ministry of Health (Minsal) campaign is part of the planning of the vaccine calendar. In terms of figures, between October 22 and 28, 3,433 new confirmed cases of Covid-19 were registered, increasing 12.4% compared to the previous week.

2023-11-11 01:47:46
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Romy Weinborn Academic at the School of Veterinary Medicine University of Las Américas

Our neighboring countries have reported new cases of human rabies due to the canine variant, among which unfortunately the death of a person who was bitten by a positive dog in Arequipa, Peru was recorded. It is for this reason that in Chile, municipalities and owners must always be concerned about keeping pets up to date with this vaccine.
The last human rabies case in Chile was in 2013 in Quilpué and the reason for the improvement of the affected person was due to the fact that the variant was not canine, but rather a bat.
Since 2010, our country declared itself free of rabies due to canine variants, which pose a greater risk to human health, since it is 100% lethal. So the question is: what is the problem? The answer is given, since in Chile we have the variants of the bat in mind, these being impossible to eradicate, since the most prevalent bat, the Tadarida Brasiliensis, is a species protected by law and very beneficial for the ecosystem, because it is pollinator and pest controller for agriculture. It is important to inform that this animal could have a very low percentage of this disease and the one that is at risk is the one that is found during the day, because it is a nocturnal species, so any specimen with abnormal behavior should not be touched and it is appropriate to inform the health services, zoonosis offices, Livestock Agricultural Service (SAG) or municipalities.
In the 2014 Decree “Approves regulations for the prevention and control of rabies in humans and animals”, a variation in the vaccination schedule for dogs and cats is established, changing from 6 months as the initial age of anti-rabies vaccination to 2 months and must be reinforced at one year of age of the pet, subsequently revaccinated as established by the laboratory producing the vaccine used, which is why the veterinarian, the only professional trained for this, must issue a certificate in accordance with what the law establishes, clearly stipulating the date of revaccination. If the pet comes into contact with a positive bat or is geographically within the closest focus of detected cases, it must display this certificate.
It is best to know the disease and take the necessary preventive measures to avoid serious consequences.

2023-11-02 02:05:59
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