Iniciará vacunación infantil contra la Covid

Paulina,10, is vaccinated in a health center located in Bolivar state where UNICEF distributed Polio, Yellow Fever, Tetanus Toxoid and BCG, on July 2, 2020.Health response continues to focus on basic health services for mothers and children, particularly antenatal care, institutional deliveries, and immunization activities. Since the COVID-19 outbreak in Venezuela, UNICEF has distributed more than 14,000 personal protective equipment to health care workers in the first line of response; over 37,000 children under 1 year has been vaccinated against measles and around 52,000 pregnant women and new-born receiving maternal/neonatal life-saving services in UNICEF-supported facilities.

A partir del próximo 28 de abril se abre el registro para la vacunación universal contra Covid 19 de niños y niñas de 12 años en adelante.

En la conferencia matutina de este martes, el subsecretario de Prevención y Promoción de la Salud, Hugo López-Gatell, informó sobre el registro para recibir la inmunización en este rango de edad.

Señaló que se trata de lograr que no solo los menores con alguna comorbilidad tengan el biológico, sino aquellos de 12 años o más.