The Ministry of Health is extending the polio vaccination campaign until the next day, October 27. Until then, children from one to less than five years of age must be taken to one of the thirteen vaccination rooms in the municipality to ensure that vaccination coverage is expanded to the entire target audience. The coverage rate of the polio campaign in Petropolis is 32.63%.
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The measure follows guidance from the state health department due to reduced adherence across the state of Rio de Janeiro to the national polio vaccination campaign, which ended on the 30th.
According to the Minister of Health, Marcos Corvelo, the municipality’s interest is to avoid a re-emergence of the disease, which has been considered endemic in the country since 1994, when Brazil obtained eradication certification. In addition to causing polio, polio can be fatal, so the municipality will continue to apply intensive doses until the end of the month. City Hall is doing its part, but it is essential that parents and guardians are aware and take their children to health centers.”
Vaccination rooms and opening hours:
group health center
– Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 8:30 am to 7:30 pm; Tuesdays and Thursdays from 8 am to 4:30 pm.
PSF ALTO DA SERRA
– From Monday to Friday from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm.
High autonomy at UBS
– From Monday to Friday from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm.
UPS Maureen
– From Monday to Friday from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm.
Quitandinha UPS
– Monday to Friday, from 8:30 a.m. to 7 p.m.
School ambition
– From Monday to Friday from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm.
Itamaraty Health Center
– From Monday to Friday from 8:30 am to 7:30 pm.
ALCIDES CARNEIRO AMBULATORY HOSPITAL
– From Monday to Friday from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm.
PSF possession
– Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Mosila UPS
– Monday to Friday, from 8:30 a.m. to 7 p.m.
UB parrots
– Monday to Friday from 7:30 am to 3:30 pm.
UBS ITAIPAVA
– Monday and Friday: from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm; Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays from 8:30 am to 7 pm.
Pedro do Rio UPS
– Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
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