The peak of seasonal flu is expected from mid-January to early February, but together with the colder season, the first cases will begin, progressively, in December. From mid-October to November, therefore, it is the ideal period for vaccination and in fact the campaign for the administration has already begun in favor of the frail, bedridden, over 80, immunosuppressed and health workers, the same categories as candidates for the third dose of the anti- serum. Covid.
The Region has purchased 450 thousand doses and the first have been assigned to RSA, hospitals, homes for the elderly and family doctors who have bedridden patients among their patients.
The others will have to wait until mid-November and, in addition to the flu, the doctors also receive the pneumococcal vaccine, necessary to prevent complications affecting the lungs, upper airways and ear.
However, there will be more than one influenza viruses: over two serotypes B Washington and Phuket, two new strains of type A will circulate, Victoria AH1N1 and Cambodia AH3N2.
Last year the situation was decidedly anomalous because in concomitance with the lockdown, the students in distance learning and the use of masks associated with spacing, the cases were very few. Prevention is now important.
(Unioneonline)
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