Health

Rio receives new doses against flu and resumes immunization tomorrow

Vaccination was suspended on day 3 due to lack of doses

Agência Brasil

Published on 09/12/2021 - 08:31

Rio de Janeiro

Movimentação de idosos no posto da 612 Sul para Vacinação contra Influenza — © Marcello Casal JrAgência Brasil

The city of Rio de Janeiro received 100,000 doses of flu vaccine last night (8). Therefore, the Municipal Health Department said it should resume, tomorrow (10), the immunization of the population against the disease.

Vaccination was suspended last Friday (3), due to the lack of doses caused by the increased demand for the vaccine.

Rio is experiencing an outbreak of influenza. Last Tuesday (7), the Health Department announced that more than 20 thousand people were infected in recent weeks.

Text translated using artificial intelligence.

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