The specialist suggested to people most at risk of contracting influenza A “no decision seeking dilate because the monovalent trivalent has the flu strain is the one that circulated last year, the most circulated this year in the Hemisphere North and is probably making the rounds now. “
In this regard, said the agency takes” ten to fifteen days to generate antibodies “noting that” if we wait until May “,” we probably unprotected when the virus is circulating and we can have some risk of getting sick. “
When asked about the lack of trivalent vaccine in the country, Vizzotti said” we knew this would happen “because” the World Health Organization recommended trivalent not make last year for the winter season this year in the Southern Hemisphere and manufacturing become more monovalent doses much less of the virus. “
Speaking to America 24, explained that “the aim of this was to cover as many people as possible” and added that the doses of trivalent re-enter “in May.
The official said that “the Ministry of Health bought 11 million doses (monovalent) to cover the entire population of Argentina that has more risk of dying including people covered by social work and prepaid and those by the public sector because it would not be a sufficient stock trivalent.
Regarding the lack of doses of trivalent vaccine, she said that “the problem is having in pharmacies and in the spring is pre-paid private sector, because each of the pharmacies and the private sector took trivalent whomever they meet.
In this sense, he admitted that “there is an amount sufficient to cover that are used every year in the private sector and philanthropic.
Vizzotti reiterated that the risk groups to be given the monovalent Health staff are, pregnant women, mothers of babies under six months, people aged between 5 and 64 years who have illnesses and children from six months to four years.
The official said that “availability of free vaccine for all public hospitals, and we distribute 7 million doses” and “we are completing to receive 10.8 million.
The official said “People that are not included in these groups need to know that if they have symptoms should consult a doctor early because they also have a new strategy that is receiving the antiviral within 48 hours.”
The antiviral (oseltamivir) “improves the individual prognosis and cut the transmission of the virus,” said the specialist. (Telam) .- mcl-DCJ 04/29/2010 20:00