He Ministry of Health Public Administration (MSP) began this Friday the “National Vaccination Day Against Rage“, addressed to immunize against this disease to dogs and cats, for free, so he called on the entire population to support the campaign that will run until Sunday the 29th.
The citizens with their pets will be able to access permanent positions vaccination or open its doors to MSP personnel, who will travel house to house throughout all sectors of the country.
The MSP projects immunize against him virus to more than one million one hundred thousand animals. He said that for this he has a sufficient number of immunologists and they will include the puppies from 15 days old to adult dogs and cats.
The formal opening ceremony of the day of vaccination against the rage was headed by José Luis Cruz, director of the Center for the Prevention and Control of Vector-Transmitted Diseases and Zoonoses (Cecovez), who highlighted that they seek the immunization of the largest number of dogs and cats in the population, in order to reduce the risk of acquire the virus and avoid cases of rage human.
Vaccine of the puppies from 15 days
The director of Cecovez specified that in areas where the virus of the rage is endemic as is the case of the Dominican Republic, the vaccination of puppies from 15 days old is recommended by the Pan American Organization of the Health (PAHO/WHO), which proposes vaccines high-quality inactivated drugs, which have been shown to produce effective seroconversion.
Cruz assured that the country has vaccines of high quality, which are safe for animals, so he called on citizens to trust the recommendations of the health authorities and actively participate in this day.
The international organization considers that not vaccinating puppies is “subjecting these animals to exposure to virus in one hundred percent of a virus preventable.
He specified that the rage “it’s a virus very aggressive, and vaccination It is the most preventive measure effective and sure to avoid this disease. These are vaccines safe and effective, which do not even produce adverse symptoms in animals. These are vaccines acquired through the Pan American Organization of the Health (PAHO/WHO), therefore, represent a safe immunological system for our pets“said the official, according to a press release from the MSP.
For his part, Jesús Suardí, director of Area IV of Healthexplained that some 38 brigades of the Ministry of Health They will be spread throughout their area of influence with the support of the Epidemiology staff, also through the Provincial Directorates and Areas of Healththe strategic placement of fixed posts and the house-to-house tour of the entire national territory has been arranged.
It was reported that to know the points of vaccination By province you can access the link: https://cdn.me-qr.com/pdf/d06e3395-ca5f-48ab-957f-9a9150c34e96.pdf and through the social networks of the Ministry of Health Public.
