Measles vaccines are already being administered in the state of São Paulo. In addition to this, the campaign against yellow fever will also be intensified from this Tuesday (13th) in the state. According to the State Secretary of Health of São Paulo, it will initially be in areas with high circulation of people, starting with the capital. In the second phase, the focus will be on taxi drivers and professionals who work in tourism.
From January 24th, the action will be reinforced with the D-Day of vaccination and will be the third phase. According to the Minister of Health, Alexandre Padilha, the campaign should also take place in other states, integrated with vaccination against yellow fever. But vaccination is especially for the capital of São Paulo.
In 2025, two cases were recorded in the state of people who had the disease after traveling abroad. One of these cases occurred in April and the other, in December, in a 27-year-old patient, unvaccinated, who was in the United States, a country with a record number of cases in 2025. Furthermore, there were 37 confirmed cases in total in Brazil, all of which were imported, that is, without local transmission of the virus.
The campaign also covers yellow fever. In 2025, the state of São Paulo confirmed 57 cases of the disease, with a fatality rate of 59.6%. There were 34 deaths, according to data from the Monitoring Panel of the State Department of Health.
