Dominican Republic is slowly approaching the goal of 70% population with two doses

As of September 21, the 57.2 % of the target population of the Dominican Republic have the two doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, Meanwhile he 68.6% has received the first. As of August 19, these figures stood at 54. 6% and 67.1%, respectively.

In this period, vaccination in the second dose increased by 2.6 percentage points and the first by 1.5, so the inoculation process progresses slowly towards the desired 70%, with which it will be possible to eliminate the curfew and achieve collective immunity or the herd.

In this last month, the province that made the most progress was Espaillat, which went from 63.2% of those vaccinated with a second dose to 71.9%, thus eliminating the curfew. At the other extreme is San Cristóbal, which increased from 44.7% to 47.8% in the second dose.

Although the authorities have explained that many of the people who live in San Cristóbal have been vaccinated in Santo Domingo, according to the statistics of VacúnateRD, from August 19 to 30 the vaccination in this demarcation went from 44.7% to 46%.

In Moseñor Nouel, by August 19, 44.9% of its target population had received the second dose of the vaccine, while by September 21 the figure rose to 48.4%.

While Elías Piña went from 46.2% to 49.1% in the mentioned period, and La Vega from 47.1% to 49.8%. In the province of Santo Domingo, the fifth demarcation that lags behind. In almost a month the inoculation process went from 47.5% to 49.8%.

The Duarte province, which registered two samples with the delta variant, went from 47.9% in the second dose to 49.8%.

Only these six provinces are below 50% of those vaccinated with two doses, the others, despite the slowness in the inoculation process, if they continue at the current rate, they will reach the goal first than the previously mentioned demarcations.

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