The Eastern Health agent continues to vaccinate citizens with the quadrivalent seasonal flu vaccine

Dr. Hisham Shawqi Masoud, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Health in Sharqia, continued to vaccinate citizens with the quadrivalent seasonal flu vaccine, “vaxigrib”, at a second health office in Zagazig, as part of the state’s preventive plan. , to address seasonal influenza viruses as one of the preventive and precautionary measures in the face of the emerging coronavirus “Covid-19”.

The Undersecretary to the Ministry was assured of the regularity of the workflow, and stressed that all preventive and precautionary measures to be taken during work, and the Director of the Department of Health of Zagazig ordered to provide more than one medical team or point of sale in case of growing demand from citizens to be vaccinated with the flu shot.

Dr Hisham Masoud explained that the flu vaccine is available in 11 health offices of the governorate health departments, and they are “Zagazig, Al-Qanayat, Derb, Belbeis X, Abu Hammad, Abu Kabir, Kafr Saqr, Al-Husseiniya, Minya Al-Qamh and Faqous », to vaccinate those they want from the governor.

He stressed that vaccination with the quadrivalent seasonal flu vaccine will take place within health offices only through the medical teams in them, and vaccination is not allowed outside the office, and that the new vaccine keeps pace with the new modifications of the virus, emphasizing that it is safe and is subject to all kinds of tests that guarantee its safety for the public. Vaccination for citizens who wish it from the age of 6 months or more, especially the most vulnerable groups of children, the elderly, people with chronic diseases (respiratory, heart, diabetes, immunological diseases, etc.) and pregnant women, after having filled in the personal data of the vaccinator and filled in a form before Vaccination with the forms provided for this.

And «Masoud», bearing in mind the need to follow certain instructions before vaccination, including postponing vaccination for people with severe fevers and vaccination prevention for those with a previous history of hypersensitivity reaction to any of the taste components (eggs – formaldehyde – neomycin – actoxinol_9), and in the case of vaccinated women Pregnant women are consulted by the attending physician and that vaccination begins from the age of 6 months or more, a full dose of the vaccine and to children under the age of 9 years who have not received any dose of seasonal influenza vaccine in previous years are given two full doses separated by a period of not less than 4 weeks, provided that For newborns, the site of vaccination for infants is in the muscle anterior thigh, and for adults, it is in the muscle function of the arm or under the skin, and the quadrivalent seasonal flu vaccine n It is not administered intravenously under any circumstances, stressing that all preventive and precautionary measures are taken during vaccination, and that has been emphasized. Increase the awareness needed to encourage citizens to receive vaccination as part of protecting the health of citizens in the governorate from seasonal flu.