2024-07-12 02:55:05
BOLZANO. In the midst of the summer season, it is good to remember the vaccination against ticks which is the safe way to prevent spring-summer meningoencephalitis (TBE)The South Tyrolean Health Authority organizes two vaccination open daysthe first on July 20, 2024. The Health Authority is still investing, with information and targeted actions, in the fight against spring-summer meningoencephalitis (TBE), caused by tick bites. For this reason, the Company’s Hygiene and Public Health Service has organized two dedicated vaccination Open Days for July 20 and September 21, 2024.
The topic was the focus of a meeting with the media today, at the headquarters of the South Tyrolean Health Authority. On this occasion, the Health Director Josef Widmann he underlined how “the commitment of the Health Authority to promote vaccination against ticks and prevent Spring-Summer Meningoencephalitis is constant and convinced and precisely for this reason we wanted to organize these Open Days for citizens, to facilitate access to vaccination against ticks which is fundamental in a prevention perspective”.
The doctor Silvia Spertinideputy head of the Company’s Hygiene and Public Health Service (SISP) addressed the issue from a clinical point of view, recalling how “vaccination against ticks is the safe and effective way to prevent a disease that can in some cases have very serious complications and a disastrous outcome” and stressing that the Open days “will be open to all people aged one year and over, without a reservation, or even those who already have an active reservation. It will be possible to get both the first dose and the booster”.
Last year they registered 7 cases of spring-summer meningoencephalitis. Since it is an acute viral disease of the central nervous system that can also be fatal, experts recommend vaccination, which is safe and protects. You can get vaccinated in Bolzano in the spaces of the Central Laboratoryentrance from the old Emergency Room, in Merano at the hospital blood collection point, in Bressanone at the vaccination center of the Hygiene Service of the Hospital of Bressanone and in Brunico at the hospital blood collection point. The Open day on July 20th does not require any reservations.
2024-07-12 02:55:05