This Monday began the twentieth Vaccination Week of the Americas (VAS) and the eleventh World Immunization Week with the slogan, are you protected? Get all your shots.
Itzel de Hewitt, National Head of the Expanded Immunization Program of the Ministry of Health (Minsa), urged the population to apply their vaccines in all health facilities, both of the entity and those of the Social Security Fund (CSS). He stressed that the vaccinating teams will travel to areas of difficult access to achieve greater coverage and in this way, guarantee more effective protection against the different respiratory viruses such as influenza, pneumococcus and COVID 19, thus reducing the risks of contagion.
In the San Martin de Porres township, district of Santiago, province of Veraguas, 35 teams of vaccinators from the Health Region began their journey to comply with the first day of the vaccination day. “There are 35 vaccinating teams that are going to be there daily, from today, Monday, April 25, until Saturday, April 30, we are going to be from house to house, 20 vaccinating teams from the Ministry of Health and 15 vaccinating teams from the Social Security Fund,” he declared. Gina Alvarado, head nurse.
He urged the population to have their vaccination cards on hand to facilitate the work and recalled that there are 4,976 homes that have to be visited, but they ask for the full cooperation of their residents for the success of said day. You are reminded that all equipment is properly identified.
On the other hand, in the Azuero region, after the day was suspended for two years due to the pandemic, the district of Pozos, province of Herrera started the day satisfactorily, updating the vaccination schedule.
“We received a total of 60,000 doses which will be distributed in the 7 districts, in the different health centers. But, Los Pozos, was chosen as a vulnerable community, there will still be vaccines for the entire population in general,” said Luis Pérez, director of the Regional Health. He recalled that the vulnerable population (children from 0 to 5 years old, pregnant women and older adults) are a priority, but everyone will have access to the vaccine.
