SP starts vaccination of children with comorbidities on Monday - ISTOÉ DINHEIRO

The city hall of São Paulo starts next Monday (17), from 8 am, the vaccination of children from 5 to 11 years of age with comorbidities or permanent disabilities (physical, sensory or intellectual). The immunizer will also be available to indigenous children in the same age group.

They are included in the list of heart failure comorbidities; cor-pulmonary and pulmonary hypertension; hypertensive heart disease; coronary syndrome; valvular heart disease; cardiomyopathies and pericardiopathies; disease of the aorta, great vessels and arteriovenous fistulas; cardiac arrhythmias; congenital heart disease; prosthetic valves and implanted cardiac devices; thalassemia; Down’s syndrome; autism; diabetes mellitus; severe chronic lung diseases; arterial hypertension; cerebrovascular disease; chronic kidney disease; immunosuppressed (including cancer patients); sickle cell anemia; morbid obesity; hepatical cirrhosis; and HIV.

On the other hand, permanent physical disability is a motor limitation that causes great difficulty or incapacity to walk or climb stairs; the sensory include individuals with great difficulty or inability to hear even with the use of a hearing aid; visual include individuals with low vision or blindness; and intellectual considers individuals with some permanent intellectual disability that limits their usual activities.

Children must be accompanied by a guardian over 18 years of age and present an identification document (preferably CPF), vaccination card, proof of risk condition for comorbid conditions (exams, prescriptions, physical or digital medical report or prescription, containing the CRM of the doctor and with up to two years of issue) and proof of disability for the permanently disabled (medical report, free public transport card, documents proving attendance at rehabilitation centers or specialized units or official identity document indicating the disability ).

The capital of São Paulo received this Friday (14), 64,090 doses of vaccines for the immunization of children, which will be distributed to the Basic Health Units (UBSs) and integrated outpatient medical assistance, responsible for the application of vaccines to the target audience of the 8 am to 7 pm.