“Vaccine supplies in the country are replenished,” says the Ministry of Health

Throughout the year, states reported shortages of various types of immunizing agents; offering chickenpox injection is a challenge

The Ministry of Health declared on Friday 27th, in a note, that it had responded to “all requests” for vaccinations made by states in the last months of the year. “The country’s vaccine supplies are being replenished.”

THE Estadao he demonstrated it in November at least 11 states and the Federal District reported a deficiency of some kind Vaccine. Previously, in September, a survey by the National Confederation of Municipalities (CNM) had shown that 64.7% of the 2,415 municipalities interviewed reported a lack of vaccines.

At the time, compared to the survey data of Estadaothe ministry said there was no shortage, but that it faced “temporary challenges in distributing some vaccines due to supplier issues and limited global production.”

Days later, the ministry called a press conference in which it reported this wanted to diversify vaccine suppliers to avoid gaps in vaccine supply in the countryand that it intended to create a platform to monitor supplies and monitor the distribution of doses throughout the national territory. The dashboard is available in this link.

Chickenpox

In Friday’s statement, the director of the Department of the National Immunization Program (PNI), Eder Gatti, guaranteed that the supply of all vaccines in the basic calendar is 100%, including shots against chickenpox, pending due to of the shortage. world of raw materials.

“Today we have three suppliers for this vaccine, ensuring normalization throughout the first half of 2025,” Gatti said. The ministry promised to normalize the supply of this vaccine by the beginning of the year.

Source: Terra

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