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Little demand for COVID-19 tests and vaccines this Friday

the minister of Public health, Daniel Riveraand the president of the Dominican Medical College (CMD), Monday Cabasupervised this Friday the sampling area for tests of COVID-19 in the big parking lot tent Ministry of Health.

Rivera stated: “We have been seeing the behavior, really has decreased in relation to the previous 5 or 6 weeks”.

Around 10:00 this Friday morning, Free Journal was able to confirm that although there were people demanding tests to find out if they were infected the number of coronavirussome of the white chairs where they wait to be called were empty and there was no formation of the long line that sometimes continues on the sidewalk.

The minister reiterated that the vaccination centers are still open.

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Doctors Daniel Rivera, Senén Caba and Hilario Reyes. (EXTERNAL SOURCE)

“Now the FDA has approved that we can have three more months of Pfizer vaccine, so we still have enough Pfizer vaccine until October, so they can get mainly the third and fourth dose”, was the call of the official.

Rivera assured: “The cases we have of delicate internment are people over 70 years old, who only received two doses or have not been vaccinated.”

He recalled that by placing a booster dose, the antibodies rise up to 40 times more and that although it does not prevent future infections, it does make the symptoms milder.

On your side, Monday Caba praised the speed of service and human warmth for each patient.

“The fluidity is constant, it is fast and, above all, it does not cost anyone a penny,” he said at the end of the inspection.

PCR in Central Square

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Sampling in Central Plaza. (DANIE ACEVEDO)

At the sampling center Plaza Centralwhich has acquired the second place in importance in the National District after that of Public healththis Friday they were only carrying out tests PCR.

The person in charge of the post only said that “today they only sent PCR” when questioned about what happened to the antigen tests.

At the time of the visit, almost 70 people had requested the services of the PCR.

As for vaccination, in that center they would be inoculating between 40 and 50 people dailyespecially, third and fourth doses.

holy help baggy

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Bag with the vials of the tests carried out this Friday. (DANIE ACEVEDO)

Without long lines or many complications, this was the tent of the Holy Socorro Hospital, where on average, 20 people had been tested a little before 11:00 in the morning.

In the vaccination booth, Jacobo, 68, proudly showing his vaccination card with his fourth dose just placed. He was accompanied by a friend, who was also inoculated for the fourth time.

Health authorities reported 1,364 new cases of COVID-19 and zero deaths in the last 24 hours.

Through bulletin 834, it was reported that 3,022 people have the active virus, with a positivity rate in the last four weeks of 13.28%.

hospital occupancy

Regarding hospital occupation, the director of the National Health Service (SNS), Mario Lama, said this Friday that “there is no stress for beds” in the Covid service units in the public network and that they are being used in polyvalent patients, who are in higher demand.

Lama affirmed that diseases are “dynamic” and services are adjusted according to the events that require greater care.

Regarding the Padre Billini Hospital, he said that the works are advancing and are waiting to be delivered, although he did not specify a definitive date.

The official spoke during the reopening of the area of ​​aesthetic surgery of the Hospital Salvador Gautier.

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