Covid vaccine will be given annually to at-risk groups.
According to Ethel Maciel, the new Secretary of Health Surveillance, the idea is to start administering the vaccines from April.
247 - The new Secretary of Health and Environment Surveillance at the Ministry of Health, Ethel Maciel, states that the Covid-19 vaccine will be incorporated into the government's annual schedule for people in priority groups, such as the elderly, immunocompromised individuals, and healthcare professionals.
The population should be called upon to receive the doses along with the flu immunization. The intention is for this to occur starting in April, giving the government time to organize its strategy in the first 100 days, according to [source missing]. FSP.
"Now, Covid effectively enters our Immunization Department. The ministry has just received a large purchase of doses that, in principle, should be enough to cover these priority groups," says Ethel Maciel.
Under Lula's government, one of the priorities will be increasing coverage for all immunizations, in contrast to the denialism of the Bolsonaro government.
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