Vaccination against monkey smallpox began at the Vicente Corral Moscoso hospital in Cuenca

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This Monday, January 30, vaccination against the so-called monkey smallpox began.

The first beneficiaries were the workers of the Vicente Corral Moscoso public hospital, including everything from doctors to cleaning staff, considering that they are people at risk as they are in daily contact with thousands of people who arrive to receive care.

The last report of infected by this rare disease in the province of Azuay was last December and four weeks later there are no new positive or suspected cases, explained the zonal coordinator 6 of the Ministry of Public Health (MSP), Andrea Bersosa.

However, it was considered important to apply these first 560 doses as a way to prevent any condition.

In addition to the employees of the Ministry hospital, those who work in Social Security hospitals as well as Health Centers and Subcenters will be added.

These people will apply a booster after 28 days and after this, according to the MSP schedule, the next on the list will be those who have already been affected by this disease or people close to them who were within the known epidemiological fence. What this authority is still unaware of is whether this immunization will be available to the general public.

Those who received the first puncture were calm because they believe that this way they will be protected.

Kevin Brito, an orderly who spends eight hours a day in the Hospital between corridors, doors and in other places where people crowd and it is not known if he is healthy or infected, was one of the first to receive the immunizer. He said he is convinced that immunization is a good way to stay healthy.

After inserting the needle into the right arm, the nurses explained to the hospital employees that it might cause them a little fever or dizziness and for this reason, they asked them to sit down for 30 minutes. (YO)