This Saturday (30) the D-DAY of the National Influenza and Measles Vaccination Campaign will be held in Varginha. The campaign has already been implemented throughout April in specific groups such as the elderly, health professionals and children and aims to ensure that as many people as possible get the vaccinations on the national calendar.
According to the municipal health department, the flu vaccine is effective against H1N1, H3N2 and type B strains. The MMR vaccine also protects against other viral diseases such as rubella and mumps.
Children aged 6 months to less than 5 years (04 years, 11 months and 29 days), seniors aged 60 years and over, and health workers will be vaccinated against influenza.
The measles vaccination will be for children 6 months to less than 5 years (04 years, 11 months and 29 days) and health workers who exercise, with evidence of association in the public or private service.
The vaccination is carried out from 8 am to 5 pm at the following vaccination points:
- Vaccine Center
- Taher UBS
- UPS Colonial Park
- UPS Sunflower
- Centennial UPS
- UPS Sion
- UPS Canaan
- UPS Novo Tempo
- UPS Fargem
- UPS Corsetti
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