BEGINS VACCINATION AGAINST HPV IN CARMEN, 800 DOSES OF BIOLOGICAL WILL BE APPLIED

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• The vaccination day will be carried out with permanent guidelines of healthy distance, use of face masks, alcohol-gel and frequent hand washing

This Wednesday, May 20, the Health Secretariat of the Executive Power of the State, through Sanitary Jurisdiction No. 3, begins in the Municipality of Carmen the application of the vaccine against the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) to girls of the fifth primary grade and out of school from 10 years.

These actions strengthen protection against various preventable diseases through vaccination among children, and will take place from May 20 to June 20 of this year.

The HPV vaccine will be applied in the preventive medicine module located at the Ciudad del Carmen Health Center, from 08:30 a.m. At 1:00 p.m., parents are asked to take their daughters with their vaccination card, and obeying the healthy distance measures due to the health emergency of COVID-19, it is encouraged to go only with a tutor.

They will also be complementing basic vaccination schemes for girls and boys under the age of five who require receiving their dose of hexavalent, rotavirus, pneumococcus (13 serotypes) and MMR that includes Measles and Rubeola.

To attend the Health Center, you must wear a mask, and maintain at all times the healthy distance that corresponds to 1.5 meters between person and person, as well as promoting the use of alcohol-gel and frequent hand washing.

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