Rio de Janeiro City Hall inaugurated the Epidemiological Intelligence Center

The room is equipped with computers and panels that will allow a team of experts to coordinate, in real time, public health indicators in Rio. The space is integrated into the Rio Operations Center.

“We have seen, throughout the Covid-19 period, how important real-time epidemiological information is, as it helps make the best decisions to impose restrictive measures and certain types of isolation. So, the goal of the Intelligence Center is to: “We can collect and plan all the epidemiological information in the city.”

Various indicators of viral diseases, such as dengue, chikungunya and COVID-19, as well as data on births, deaths and vaccination coverage, will be available 24 hours a day.

COVID has shown us the importance of monitoring health issues. The center that collects all the information is very important to us, and it is a big plus for the city. With these analytics we think about offering testing and care, turning our eyes to new diseases and being able to act early, for example, with immediate availability of vaccines for vaccine-preventable diseases in confirmed cases, such as “measles,” the company commented. Pulmonologist at Vuecruz, Patricia Canto.

Rio City Council will begin its flu vaccination campaign on April 4. High vaccination coverage is necessary so that the virus does not spread in the city.

“Today we have many diseases that have already been eradicated that we no longer have in the city of Rio, which are rubella, measles and many other diseases with very low coverage. We are in a time of low vaccination coverage against other diseases. Therefore, it is very important that parents take “We really need the support of parents and society at large,” Sorans commented.