In the cities of Encarnación and Hohenau, officials from the Ministry of Health carried out house-to-house visits and an update on the vaccination of one-year-old children.
The Ministry of Health reported that after the confirmed case of measles in the district of Hohenau, Itapúa, a community intervention was carried out, schedules of visits to the blocks adjacent to the confirmed case and suspected cases were established, and the regular vaccination scheme for boys and girls who did not have all the doses was completed.
In this sense, yese visited 4,455 houses in Encarnación, where 1,800 children were vaccinated. At Hohenau, the brigades reached 583 homes, where 459 minors were immunized. It is important to highlight that in both cities closed houses and rejection of vaccination were found.
On the other hand, they worked with the health services, evaluating the cases of consultations that could have occurred in recent months, monitoring probable cases.
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The application of doses contemplated in the regular scheme of the PAI is carried out at the country level, for which reason the Ministry of Public Health urges mothers, fathers or guardians to complete the immunization doses of children, in order to protect them from contagious diseases such as
It is worth mentioning that Measles is one of the most contagious diseases that exists, it can be transmitted through coughing and sneezing. People can get it by breathing air contaminated with the virus or by touching a contaminated surface and then touching their eyes, nose, or mouth. It mainly affects children and unvaccinated people. It can become complicated and cause pneumonia, brain infection and death.
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If you have a fever and red spots, which may be accompanied by respiratory symptoms and conjunctivitis, you should go to a care center, the symptoms that should also attract attention are: coryza (runny nose), conjunctivitis, cough and rash. Health personnel will report the symptoms and the case will be investigated.
