The measure was adopted due to the low stock of the vaccine.
COVID-19 – With the aim of optimizing the use of doses of the Pfizer Bivalent vaccine in stock, the Municipal Health Department of Patos de Minas defined a vaccination scale for priority groups. The change comes into effect from this Wednesday, April 3rd, and will follow the following weekly schedule:
| Day of the week | Neighborhoods |
|---|---|
| Monday | Nova Floresta, Lagoa Grande, Alvorada, Ipanema |
| Tuesday | Gramado, Sorriso, Jd. Paradise, Alto da Colina |
| Wednesday | Itamarati, Alto Limoeiro, Jd. Paulistano, Várzea |
| Thursday | Brazil, Father Eustaquio, Christ the Redeemer, Jd. Panoramic, New Horizon |
| Friday | Sebastião Amorim, Jd. Esperança, Abner Afonso, Guanabara |
According to the Ministry of Health, a booster dose of the bivalent vaccine against Covid-19 is recommended for people in priority groups:
– CONTINUES AFTER ADVERTISING –
- people aged 60 and over;
- people living in long-term care facilities;
- pregnant and postpartum women;
- health workers;
- people deprived of liberty;
- teenagers complying with socio-educational measures;
- professionals from the prison system;
- indigenous people, aged 5 or over;
- riverside, aged 5 or over;
- quilombolas, aged 5 or over;
- immunocompromised people, 5 years of age or older;
- people with comorbidities, aged 5 years or older, according to the health team’s assessment;
- people with permanent disabilities, aged 5 or over.
It is worth remembering that the vaccine against COVID-19 is now part of the childhood vaccination calendar (from six months onwards).
Covid-19 situation in Patos de Minas: In 2024, Patos de Minas recorded 381 positive cases of Covid-19 and three deaths from the disease.
