Mayabeque, Cuba: From October 1 to date, more than a thousand patients have benefited from the flu vaccine in Jaruco.
In the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, infants under 2 years of age, pregnant women and patients with bronchial asthma between 18 and 44 years of age are prioritized.
Diabetics under 24 years of age, people with cerebral palsy, and adults over 85 years of age comprise risk groups prioritized by the health system.
The Immunization Program Advisor in the territory, Ms. Sibil Misas Vega, recalled that the vaccine is supplied at the Noelio Capote Comprehensive Teaching Polyclinic Vaccination Center.
They require the indication of the family doctor who guarantees, as optimal, the clinical condition of the patient to receive the influenza vaccine, he stressed.
The compound prevents infections caused by seasonal flu on the rise, from now on, in the Southern Hemisphere, health authorities emphasize.
