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As the flu season approaches, but the number of people infected with the corona virus also increases, doctors point out that it is important that risk groups receive the pneumococcal vaccine, which is intended to immunize the body.
The goal of this immunization is to reduce the possibility of secondary bacterial infection in people who are at special risk, as a complication of the primary viral infection.
According to doctors, this vaccine should be received by people over 65 years of age, as well as by all people who have chronic diseases and belong to risk groups.
– It is precisely prescribed who should receive the vaccine to protect their health. These are people over 65, all those who have chronic diseases, no spleen, those with malignant diseases, HIV, people who are in collective accommodation and social protection accommodation … This is now a special recommendation, due to the virus epidemic situation. crown – says Milena Turubatović, MD, for “Blic.”
It is also good for children.
According to him, according to the vaccination schedule, children also receive this vaccine, it was introduced as mandatory in the vaccination plan, but points out that the plan is frequently changed.
– It would be good if younger people who have chronic diseases receive the vaccine, it is recommended that you administer it to all. Health centers give the vaccine to all people who need it, not only the elderly and children – he adds.
Two days ago, additional quantities of this vaccine arrived in Serbia and it is provided free of charge to state and private homes for the elderly, and from today it will be available at the Institutes and Institutes of Public Health, while further distribution will take place at carried out in accordance with the Ministry. Health and Ministry of Labor, Employment, Veterans and Social Affairs.
Dr. Turubatović states that “if health centers and other health institutions have vaccines, they are free for all citizens.”
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