When giving the exit flag to the National Public Health Week From the monument to the Revolution, which will take place from September 6 to 13, the capital president explained that 1,000 health workers will be distributed throughout Mexico City to apply vaccines massively.
He explained that 600 health workers will tour basic education schools, from preschool to high school, and another 400 will place vaccination modules in public squares, subway stations and among other sites with high flow of people.
“To the whole population, I summon them to get vaccinated against measles, which go to health centers or the kiosks that we are going to install. We are not going to waste time and we will be safe and safe,” he said.
The announcement is given to a day that the Federal Ministry of Health reported, through its daily report on the measles outbreak, which are registered throughout the country 9,075 probable cases of this disease and 4,433 accumulated cases confirmedin addition to 18 deaths.
Only in Mexico City they were detected 456 probable cases of measles, and of them, six They were confirmed.
The local Secretary of Health, Nadine Gasman, recalled that the measles vaccine is preferable to be applied to children between 12 and 18 months of age and a reinforcement at 9 years. However, another vaccine or reinforcement can be applied between 10 and 49 years, so he asked to check the vaccination cards.
“It is a highly contagious disease that is prevented in a simple way, with vaccination. There are few in Mexico City, but we do not want measles cases,” he said.
The official said that in the event that people do not remember if they have the complete vaccination scheme, it is appropriate to re -apply a dose to ensure disease protection.
Gasman added that in the National Vaccination Week other types of vaccines such as the Human Papilloma virus (HPV) to fifth and sixth grade students were applied; There will be oral health talks, to prevent hypertension or diabetes, among other activities.
In parallel, federal authorities declared from the municipality of Chalco, State of Mexico, the beginning of the National Public Health Week 2025 for the 32 federative entities.
Through this strategy, it seeks to reach more than 20 million people throughout the country with 30,000 actions for the prevention and early care of diseases.
