Sao Paulo releases flu vaccine to the entire population
A. Influenza vaccine The city of Sao Paulo will be expanded for more than six months from this Monday, 19According to the Municipal Health Secretariat (SMS). The measurement tries to increase vaccination coverage in the autumn, during which time respiratory diseases increase.
In all 479 basic health units (UBSS) in all 479 basic health units (UBSS), immunity from Monday to Friday, immunity from 7 am to 7 pmAnd on Saturdays in Integrated AMAS/UBSS at the same time. The available vaccine is against influenza virus, causing the flu. SMS emphasizes that the immunizer is safe and does not cause the disease.
The 2025 campaign began on March 28, early 60 years old, children, pregnant women, childbirths, people with comorbidities, as well as health, education and public security professionals, truck drivers, public transport and prison system, indigenous and Qilembo.
Until May 13, priority was applied to more than 1 million doses of people, which were 4.8 million. This represents only 25%of the vaccine coverage. In 2024, coverage in the same groups reached 61.11%, with the application of 3.8 million doses.
Prevention and symptoms
Flu virus spreads through respiratory secretions, such as saliva and expulsion at cough or sneezing. Pollution is also indirectly done by consulting hands with contaminated surfaces. Washing hands, wear masks in closed or crowded places, cover your face when coughing or sneezing, and keeping ventilated atmospheres can help you have the spread of the virus.
UBSS also makes patients’ care with respiratory symptoms. To identify the nearest unit, you can contact the Health Platform of Census. More information is available on the Health Surveillance Coordinating Website (Kovisa).
Expansion takes place between the seasonal of respiratory diseases
According to the municipal health secretary, Louis Carlos Jamarko, the expansion of the campaign is justified by the risk of worsening respiratory diseases in the autumn and winter. “This expansion of immunity is important to protect the entire population,” he said.
Low adhesion has shifted a warning of health authorities so far, and they bet on the universalism of the campaign as a means of curbing the progress of the flu in the capital.
