More than 10,000 influenza vaccines have arrived

Ministry health received a new batch of Vaccines Influenza that will be distributed to all health areas in the governorate.

On this occasion, Neuquen received 10,080 new influenza vaccines, 3,920 doses for children and 6,160 adjuvant doses for people over 65 years of age.

In this way, the people included in the target group can go to any vaccination point in the province (in health centers, hospitals and devices) to get vaccinated.

The Minister of Health, Andrea Biffi, expressed her satisfaction with the arrival of new influenza vaccines and thanked the teams supporting the vaccination campaign across the province.

Remember that the vaccine flu Included in the national vaccination calendar for health workers, pregnant women at any time during pregnancy, the puerperium (up to discharge from maternity, maximum 10 days, if they did not receive the vaccine during pregnancy), persons from 65 years of age, girls and boys from 6 to 24 months of age, and those between the ages of 2 and 64 who have risk factors.

Currently, at the vaccination points operating in the governorate (health centers, hospitals, devices) vaccinations against Covid disease, all national calendar and influenza vaccinations are applied. Influenza vaccination is an opportunity to apply booster doses against COVID-19, either the first or the second, as there are no contraindications for both and both can be applied on the same day.