In the Leningrad region, the deficiency of the core vaccines

Residents of the Leningrad region complain about the lack of measles vaccines in local clinics. The last supply of medicines was in February 2023, writes 47news.

Details. According to the publication, the delivery of vaccines was expected to receive in August. However, she did not enter the region. Residents of the Leningrad region report that there are also no combined vaccines in clinics-mirrint-root and mumps-root-red.

“Paper” sent a request to the Komzdravity with a request to clarify when there will be a new supply of measles vaccines.

Is there enough vaccines in St. Petersburg? In the spring of 2023, the number of measles of measles grew in St. Petersburg. Then in Smolny they said that there is no deficit of vaccines from the disease in the city. However, the Petersburgers said that they could not find the measles vaccine in clinics in the Petrograd and Nevsky districts.

“Paper” checked that now there are measles from measles in the city at least in clinics in the Moscow and Frunze districts. At the same time, readers complained that the prioriks vaccines were not in children's clinics of the Vasileostrovsky district.

What you need to know. The spring outbreak of incidence of measles may be associated with the loss of immunity to illness among adults, said Alexei Yakovlev, head of the department of infectious diseases, epidemiology and dermatovenerology of the medical faculty of St. Petersburg State University.

According to the scientist, mass flashes of measles can occur in medical organizations of St. Petersburg. At the same time, the last mass vaccination of measles among adult Russians was carried out in 2014 - their immunity to the virus managed to weaken.

Petersburg is also at risk of flash of measles due to the fact that the city has many people who do not vaccinate himself and dissuades others from vaccination, the director of ANO for the development and support of vaccination “collective immunity” Antonin Volsova.

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