According to health authorities, this process will last two months and will be extended to all 10 provinces of the country.

The vaccination will be carried out on a house-to-house basis, but families can also take their children to the different health centers, the press release adds.

The campaign, according to MINSA, results from a recent alert issued by the World Health Organization (WHO).

In this regard, the advisor to the MINSA’s top office, Alfredo Moltó, said that priority will be given to minors who could not be inoculated due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

The official also indicated that the objective is to increase the coverage and immunization of children, and explained that a child should be vaccinated with a dose at 12 months and a booster dose at 18 months.

Moltó recalled that since 1995, no cases of measles in children have been reported in Panama, but the country remains vigilant in view of the WHO alert on the outbreak of the disease in the Americas. Measles is a highly contagious viral disease and is transmitted from person to person through the respiratory tract. Symptoms include fever, red watery eyes, nasal congestion and cough.

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