A odisseia de vacinar quem vive em lugares remotos
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VAN, TURKEY - FEBRUARY 12: Residents watch on as nurse, Gokalp Balli (L) and nurse, Bilge Koc from the Gevas Public Health Center vaccinate 76 year old Gulendam Ozar with the Chinese Sinovac Coronavac vaccine during a house call in the village of Daldere on February 12, 2021 in Van, Turkey. Since shipments of the Chinese Sinovac Coronavac vaccine arrived in Turkey on December 30, 2020, medical teams across the country have been working house to house to administer the COVID-19 vaccine to elderly and vulnerable citizens. For the members of the Van City, Gevas Province Public Health Centre vaccination teams, who specialise in remote locations, often high in the mountains or villages that have become inaccessible by car, due to heavy snowfall and road closures, house calls pose many unique challenges. The teams are often forced to hand carry the vaccine for kilometres through deep snow and mud to gain access to the village and administer the vaccine. Since the start of the vaccine campaign in Turkey the two specialist mobile teams have vaccinated more than 130 citizens in rural villages, some as old as 106. Turkey's official drug and medical equipment body approved the Chinese Sinovac Coronavac vaccine for emergency use against the novel coronavirus on the 13th of January 2020. According to data from Turkey’s Health Ministry the country has vaccinated more than 3.6 million people. The death toll from the coronavirus in Turkey has reached more than 27,000 and the number of infections has topped 2.5 million since mid-March 2020. Globally more than 107 million people have been infected by the virus. (Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images)
Por montes e vales, com muita neve à mistura, as equipas médicas da Turquia que andam a vacinar a população nas zonas remotas do país vivem uma verdadeira aventura até chegarem, como é o caso da aldeia de Kayalar, na região de Van, Turquia, já perto da fronteira com o Irão.
Desde que os carregamentos da vacina chinesa Sinovac Coronavac chegaram ao país, a 30 de Dezembro de 2020, as equipas médicas têm-se multiplicado em esforços para ir à casa de todos os idosos e mais vulneráveis para os imunizar contra a Covid-19.
Para os membros das equipas de vacinação do Centro de Saúde Pública da região, que se especializam em locais remotos – como quem diz as aldeias localizadas no alto das montanhas e que se tornaram inacessíveis de carro, devido a fortes nevões e ao encerramento de estradas – as visitas domiciliárias colocam muitos desafios únicos. As equipas são frequentemente obrigadas a levar a vacina na mão, durante quilómetros através de neve profunda e lama, para conseguir chegar às casas de todas as pessoas.
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Desde o início da campanha de vacinação na Turquia, as duas equipas móveis especializadas já vacinaram mais de 130 cidadãos em aldeias rurais, alguns com 106 anos. No total, foram vacinadas mais de 3,6 milhões de pessoas.
