A flu vaccine will be released to the entire population of Ceará starting this Monday, 29th. Since March, the vaccine has been made available exclusively to priority groups, such as the elderly, pregnant women and children, and will continue in this way until May 31st. However, low vaccination coverage caused the strategy to be rethought.
The information was confirmed by the executive secretary of Health Surveillance of the Department of Health (Sesa), Antonio Silva Lima Neto (Tanta), during the closing of an event on immunization. According to the secretary, only 28% of expected coverage.
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“What we want is to increase coverage in priority groups, but protect the entire population,” said Tanta. According to him, the new rule is already being communicated to the municipalities.
With information from reporter Mirla Nobre
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