Vaccination against influenza A/H1N1 in the Vitebsk region will be completed on January 22

January 11, Vitebsk / Diana Kurilo - BELTA /. Vaccination against influenza A/H1N1 virus in the Vitebsk region will be completed on January 22, the Vitebsk Regional Center for Hygiene, Epidemiology and Public Health informed a BELTA correspondent. 56,000 people will be vaccinated free of charge in the region. This category includes medical workers, as well as employees ensuring the uninterrupted operation of vital systems – employees of the Ministry of Emergency Situations, housing and communal services, transport, communications, and energy. Just like throughout the republic, residents of the Vitebsk region will be vaccinated against the pandemic influenza virus with the live monovalent vaccine "Influvir" of Russian production. According to sanitary doctors, the incidence of ARVI and influenza in the region is currently at a non-epidemic level. Morbidity monitoring, launched on October 1, continues in four control cities – Vitebsk, Orsha, Polotsk, and Novopolotsk. -0-