2024-05-01 19:51:28
The campaign against influenza began on March 15, involving an investment of 16 billion pesos in vaccines.
The Ministry of Health took stock of the influenza vaccination campaignsix months after its implementation, indicating that coverage reaches half of the stipulated goal.
The Undersecretary of Public Health, Andrea Albagli, explained that “six weeks have passed since the start of the vaccination campaign and In this period we have accumulated 3.9 million people who have been vaccinated, with a coverage of 42%. That is, in just 6 weeks of the Influenza vaccination campaign we have already reached half of the coverage goal.”
The Undersecretary General of Government, Nicole Cardoch, reiterated the call for citizens to get vaccinated: “When we get vaccinated we are not only taking care of ourselves, but also our loved ones, our environment, colleagues and colleagues. That is why we want to reinforce, the campaign continues. I just got vaccinated and I can say that it doesn’t hurt, and as Undersecretary Albagli said before, it hurts more when we have or become infected with the disease and fall into a serious state.”
The campaign against influenza began on March 15, involving an investment of 16 billion pesos in vaccines to guarantee the protection of the elderly, pregnant women, children, chronically ill people and other risk groups.
Campaign against influenza
The groups that should be vaccinated against COVID-19 and Influenza They are health personnel, people 60 years of age or older, preschool and school education personnel up to 8th grade, pregnant women, immunocompromised people and chronic patients.among others that can be found on Minsal.cl and the Ministry’s social networks.
Vaccines are free for risk groups in primary care and vaccination centers under agreement. You can check the nearest vaccination point at mevacuno.cl. There are more than a thousand available throughout the country.