Flu vaccination: The campaign has not yet applied 50% of the doses

The State Department of Health in São Paulo has extended the flu vaccination campaign for another 30 days, until June 30. The closure was supposed to be this Tuesday (31), but the campaign hadn’t even reached 50% of the population: of the 80 million doses distributed by the Ministry of Health, only 35.8 million have been applied up to this Monday (30), until then on the penultimate day.

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The extension was due to the low dose application rate in the target population. The campaign would end with more than 50% of the vaccines in stock.

Furthermore, this year, the release to the general public took place before the end of the campaign for priority groups. That’s because states and municipalities reported that demand for the immunizer was low and only 21 million doses had been applied in initial batches.

Immunizer is available for free in the Unified Health System (SUS) and also in the private network.

The numbers of the campaign so far

Last year

In 2022, even the goal was not achieved: there were 80 million doses and only 62.9 million were applied, which represents 68.1% of the total population.

In 2021, no priority group met the 90% vaccination rate goal.

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Influenza, a disease popularly known as the flu, affects the respiratory system and has a high transmission potential.

The vaccine protects against the four types of influenza (A, B, C and D), allows you to minimize the viral load and prevent the onset of complications.

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