Vaccination schedule in the country will start with immunization against Covid

The Ministry of Health will start the schedule of the 2023 National Vaccination Program with vaccination against Covid-19 in the risk group. The actions will start on February 27th.

For people at greater risk of developing severe forms of the disease, Pfizer’s bivalent vaccine will be used. This model is an immunizer update that uses the original strain of Sars-CoV-2 and the BA.1 omicron variant.

An intensification of the influenza campaign is also expected in April, before the arrival of winter, when low temperatures lead to an increase in cases of respiratory diseases.

There will also be a multi-vaccination action for polio and measles in schools, which should happen from May onwards.

According to the Ministry of Health, the stages and phases were organized according to existing stocks, new orders placed and delivery commitments made by vaccine manufacturers.

“[O calendário] can be changed, advanced or overlapped, if the delivery scenario is modified or as soon as new laboratories have their requests approved by Anvisa (National Health Surveillance Agency)”, said the folder, in a note.

The schedule was agreed upon with Conass (National Council of Health Secretaries), Conasems (National Council of Municipal Health Secretaries), and technicians and specialists from Ctai (Technical Advisory Chamber on Immunization) at the first meeting of the Tripartite Inter-managers Commission in 2023 ( CIT).

SEE THE SCHEDULE

Stage 1 – February

Vaccination against Covid-19 (reinforcement with the bivalent vaccine)

(population estimate: 52 million)

Target Audience:

People at higher risk of severe forms of Covid-19;

People over 60 years old;

Pregnant women and postpartum women;

Immunocompromised patients;

Disabled people;

People living in long-stay institutions;

Indigenous, riverside and quilombola peoples;

Health workers and workers.

Stage 2 – March

Intensification of vaccination against Covid-19

Target Audience:

All population over 12 years old.

Step 3 – March

Intensification of Covid-19 vaccination among children and adolescents

Target Audience:

Children from 6 months to 17 years.

Strategies and actions:

Mobilize the school community, from Kindergarten to High School with two weeks of mobilization and orientation activities; Communicate students, parents and guardians about the need to take the Vaccination Booklet for evaluation.

Stage 4 – April

Influenza Vaccination

Target Audience:

People over 60 years old;

Adolescents in socio-educational measures;

Truck drivers and truck drivers;

Children from 6 months to 4 years;

Armed forces;

Security and Rescue Forces;

Pregnant women and postpartum women;

Disabled people;

People with comorbidities;

Population deprived of liberty;

Indigenous, riverside and quilombola peoples;

Teachers and professors;

Public transport professionals;

Port professionals;

Professionals of the Deprivation of Liberty System;

Health workers and workers.

Step 5 – May

Polio and measles multivaccination in schools

Strategies and actions:

Mobilize the school community, with two weeks of mobilization and orientation activities; reduce pockets of unvaccinated; communicate students, parents and guardians about the need to take the Vaccination Booklet for evaluation;