The Dominican Republic has vaccinated 375,265 people against COVID-19, a figure that exceeds by more than 20% the target population to be immunized in the first phase of the plan, which is 7.8 million.
According to the report of the Ministry of Public Health, This Friday, 71,775 people were inoculated, mostly older adults. The day, in which the first dose is applied, continued this Saturday.
The country implements sub-phase 1C, which includes teachers over 70 years of age.
Of this group, the Health Cabinet highlighted that all residents in homes and stays for the elderly assigned to the National Council of the Aged Person (Conape) and the Ministry of Public Health were vaccinated with the first dose of vaccine.
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According to data from the Health Cabinet, which coordinates the vaccination strategy, in the country an average of 50,000 people are vaccinated per day in more than 600 centers.
“I call this a jab of love and health for all of us,” Vice President Raquel Peña said this Saturday, supervising the vaccination center that operates at the El Rosal Club, in Santo Domingo Este.
President Luis Abinader expects that by June, 80% of the target population will be vaccinated.
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