As of Monday, April 4, the second phase of the vaccination campaign against the flu 2022a national operation convened last month by the Ministry of Health of the Nation due to the rise in cases of influenza in the country.
At this stage of vaccination campaign pregnant women (in any trimester of gestation), healthy boys and girls between 6 and 24 months of age, and infants between 24 and 36 months who have risk factors will be included. While the third phase of operative It starts in the middle of the month.
To carry out the vaccination campaign flu 2022, the Buenos Aires Health portfolio enabled 1,732 outpatient immunization centers throughout the Province of Buenos Aires. These will serve from Monday to Saturday, from 08:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., reported the health agency.
In a statement, the Nation’s Program for the Control of Immunopreventable Diseases recalled that “Influenza vaccination is mandatory and free in the country”therefore urged the summoned population to “participate in the bell”.
They also clarified that “Boys and girls who did not receive the flu vaccine in previous years must receive the scheme this year on a mandatory basis”. The flu treatment consists of two doses and the interval between each is four weeks, the letter reiterated.
Who make up the third phase of the operation in the PBA
According to the Buenos Aires Ministry of Health, the next to join the vaccination campaign flu vaccine will be people over 65 years of age, women who are in the postpartum period who have not received the flu vaccine and all those people with risk factors from 4 to 64 years of age.
Remember that the first stage of the vaccination campaign flu in the Province of Buenos Aires started on March 25, with medical and health personnel and essential workers.