Yangsan-si Offers Free Typhoid Vaccinations for High-Risk Workers in Specific Industries... First-Come, First-Served for 675 People

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Lee Sang-hyun] Yangsan City in Gyeongnam announced on the 12th that it will provide free typhoid fever vaccinations from the 14th to the 31st for workers in high-risk infection industries within the city to prevent typhoid fever, a waterborne and foodborne infectious disease.

Typhoid fever is mainly transmitted through food or water contaminated with the feces or urine of typhoid patients or carriers harboring the pathogen. Major symptoms and signs include fever, headache, fatigue, loss of appetite, relative bradycardia, splenomegaly, rose spots, and dry cough. Without proper treatment, symptoms can persist for 3 to 4 weeks, and the mortality rate can reach 10%.

The city is conducting free typhoid fever vaccinations on a temporary basis for high-risk groups eligible for typhoid vaccination to thoroughly prevent typhoid fever infections in the community.

The target recipients are workers at daycare centers, kindergartens, and cooking facilities in elementary, middle, and high schools within the city, as well as employees at water purification plants and water supply facilities. The vaccination will be administered on a first-come, first-served basis to 675 applicants who have no history of typhoid vaccination within the past three years.

Typhoid vaccination is not allowed within two weeks after receiving a COVID-19 vaccination.

A Yangsan City official requested, “We ask many people in the high-risk group to participate in the free typhoid vaccination, and since thorough environmental hygiene is the most important factor in preventing typhoid fever, please make efforts to maintain personal hygiene.”

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