Dengue: CABA starts registration to apply the vaccine

Dengue: CABA starts registration to apply the vaccine

“Starting tomorrow, the GCity Government will define when, where and who will be vaccinated against the dengue” he said Quiros. And he added: “We are all responsible for taking care of the citizens.”

The Buenos Aires official responded about the national government’s strategy for vaccination. “They have made a documentation and defined national guidelines, the issue is how the purchase of vaccines at the national level was staggered, each district had its criteria for applying it,” said the Buenos Aires official.

“When each one bought the vaccines, a different criterion was imposed for applying them” Quirós remarked in dialogue with Tomorrow Sylvester.

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Dengue vaccination begins in CABA.

Dengue vaccination in CABA: when it starts and who can receive it

The vaccination plan will be developed in progressively and in stagesin line with the national guidelinesas confirmed by the Buenos Aires government. In this sense, the inoculation will begin with the Teenagers from 15 to 19; then it will gradually advance with the young people aged 20 to 29 and finally, with the adults of 30 to 39 years old.

From September 18th Appointments will begin to be granted through the Ministry of Health GCABA website. In total, there will be 1,000 12 vaccination centersdistributed in the different neighborhoods of the City, including Hospitals, CeSACS, and extra-hospital posts.

Meanwhile, the Government is working in public spaces to prevent mosquitoes from reproducing, with the aim of preparing the City for the summer. On the other hand, the city administration maintained the importance of residents doing work in their homes, which consists of paying attention to the junkingand also report possible breeding grounds for the mosquito at 147, through BOTI (11 5050-0147) or at the link “Report breeding farm”.

The Government confirmed that it will not include the dengue vaccine in the national calendar

While different district governments advance in the campaigns to guarantee the dengue vaccine Before the beginning of summer, the national government confirmed in the Chamber of Deputies who will delegate the prevention strategy to the provinces.

The officialization was carried out by the Secretary of Health of the Nation, Leandro Busso, who pointed out in the Commission for Social Action and Public Health that the Executive decided “not to put the vaccine on the national calendar, following the recommendations of the National Immunization Commission (CoNaIn) and the WHO.”

However, he noted that “We have designed a dengue prevention and control plan so that it can be adapted to the reality of each province.. The plan includes entomological and vector control to try to combat the larvae.” In turn, he raised the need for “the dissemination of information for the population along with health strategies, with clinical guides, to give patients an early consultation.”

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