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To step up polio vaccination, the Municipal Health Secretariat (SMS) is preparing the vaccine in the drive thru system. The action took place on Wednesday (28) and will be repeated on Thursday (29) from 9 am to 5 pm. In the fourth, 429 children were vaccinated in this system.
There are four vaccination points in easily accessible places in the city. Children from 1 to 4 years old, target of the national campaign, can get the vaccine. For immunization it is necessary to present only the child’s vaccination card.
Up to yesterday, 29,027 doses have been applied, which correspond to 33.3% of the expected reference target. The goal is to immunize around 90,000 children against infantile paralysis (poliomyelitis). The vaccine has been available in all health units since September 28, but the membership of the population is much lower than expected. .
The director of the SMS Epidemiology Center, Alcides Oliveira, warns that the situation is worrying and that polio can cause serious sequelae, such as infantile paralysis. “It is not because we have not registered the disease for more than 31 years that we can overlook it. We already have the example of measles, which returned after 20 years. So we ask parents and guardians not to let the disease return to us ”, asks Oliveira.
The trip is made to Big (formerly Wal Mart) – Avenida Arthur Bernardes, 1250
Cajuru Citizenship Street – Avenida Pref. Maurício Fruet, 2150
Parish of São Braz – Rua Antônio Scorsin, 1840 – São Braz
Pequeno Príncipe Colleges – Iguaçu Avenue, 333 Rebouças.
the national campaign for polio vaccination is expected to end tomorrow, but with low adherence it should be extended. In the country the scenario is repeated, only 35% of the target audience has been immunized.
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