2024-04-22 11:26:23
Monday 22/April/2024 – 1:24 p.m.
A declaration Dr. Mustafa Al-MohammadiDirector General of Vaccinations, Serum and Vaccine, announced the arrival of limited quantities of the vaccine once morest shingles or herpes zoster, in the main branch of Serum and Vaccine during the last period, at the price of 4,338 pounds.
Limited quantities of shingles vaccine are arriving
Dr. Mustafa Al-Mohammadi explained to Cairo 24 that the shingles vaccine is one of the latest vaccines that the Serum and Vaccine Company intended to supply in cooperation with the foreign factory, to prevent infection by shingles disease, for groups aged 50 and over. .
The Director of Serum and Vaccination Vaccinations added that the recommendations for administering the vaccine stipulated that the vaccine be administered to people over 50 years old, due to advanced age and a decline in the effectiveness of the system the person’s immune system, which can cause the activity of the virus that causes the disease.
Mustafa Al-Muhammadi pointed out that the virus that causes shingles is the virus that causes chickenpox and that once cured, the virus hides in the body in the nerve ganglia and remains inactive in light of the effectiveness of the system. immune, and in case of disturbances in the effectiveness of the immune system, the virus becomes active.
The director of immunizations with serum and vaccine confirmed that among the precautions to take when getting the vaccine include not vaccinating people with serious illness, and a person with shingles cannot be vaccinated while receiving the dose, and it has not been recommended to give the vaccine to these people. who are under 18 or under 50 and do not suffer from immune problems.
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