A survey published by the Blumenau City Hall this Monday (11) shows that an 80-year-old man with underlying health conditions did not survive complications from Covid-19 in the largest city of the Itajaí Valley. This brings the number of deaths from the disease in the municipality to 834 since the start of the pandemic in March 2020.

Blumenau City Hall confirmed a new death for the latest balance sheet 2023 to update data on Covid-19 cases – Photo: Freepik/Divulgação/ND

According to Semus (Municipal Secretariat for Health Promotion), the death occurred on November 16, but was only announced in a bulletin on this Monday (11).

Since mid-year, bulletins containing information on coronavirus cases in Blumenau have been issued every 30 days. The Secretariat confirms that this is the last study of the disease and will be published in 2023.

The number of coronavirus cases has decreased slightly since the November survey. According to a survey last month, 1,060 people tested positive for the disease within 30 days. In December, their number dropped to 843.

Booster doses of the bivalent Covid-19 vaccine are already being used in Blumenau.

Since Friday (8) last week, Blumenau has been administering the second dose of the bivalent Covid-19 vaccine to people aged 60 years and over, as well as immunocompromised people over 12 years of age who have received their last dose of vaccine. vaccine for more than 6 months.

Therefore, in medical institutions of the city that have an active vaccination room, these priority groups are revaccinated with a bivalent vaccine.

The use of the vaccine for children aged six months to two years, 11 months and 29 days remains available only at the AGF Center. If the child has underlying health conditions, the legal guardian must authorize the vaccination on a printed application.

For adults, vaccination is allowed up to the 4th dose.

In accordance with the vaccination schedule set by the Ministry of Health, the 4th dose of the Covid-19 vaccine has now been released in Blumenau for people over 18 years of age.

The recommendations are that users should find one of seven general family dispensaries between 8 a.m. and 9 p.m. and take an official document in a physical format to facilitate service logistics.

AGF hours are Monday through Friday and there is no need to make an appointment to receive your 4th dose. Passwords are distributed and patients are received no later than an hour before the end of the event.

Since the start of the pandemic, Blumenau has already administered 854,653 vaccines between the 1st, 2nd, single dose and booster shots. To date, 288,603 city residents have already been vaccinated with doses of the Covid-19 vaccine.

Work of health centers at the end of the year

The City of Blumenau warns users of health centers that the ESF (Family Health Strategies) will be suspended from December 22, 2023 to January 7, 2024. During this period, residents will be able to seek help at general clinics. the Garcia and Velha families.

Branches will be open Monday to Friday from 7:00 to 19:00. On Saturdays, December 23 and 30, and January 6, outpatient treatment is provided from 7:00 to 18:00.

AGFs Garcia and Velha will be closed on December 24, 25 and 31, and January 1 and 7. The service resumes on January 8 in all medical institutions in the city.