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Special vaccination day continued at a good pace on the second day; ends on Sunday   The Dominican Republic could reach five million inoculated citizens, with at least one dose, at the end of the special vaccination days campaign carried out by the Government since last Thursday. The effort to vaccinate as many people as possible concludes next Sunday, and this Friday, the total number of inoculated reached 4,761,529, of which 3,530,338 correspond to the first 1,231,191 to the second dose. President Luis Abinader informed that this Friday, a new record with 228,278 vaccinated, including 71,572, received the second dose. “Thanks to all: civil society, political parties, officials and the people for working together for the country. We will continue every day until we are all vaccinated. God bless you!” […]

The number of coronavirus infections is accelerating in the Dominican Republic. At the same time, authorities warned that vaccination is not progressing at the desired pace due to a lack of interest on the part of the population. The Ministry of Public Health reported on Wednesday three deaths and 1,702 new infections, 67% of them concentrated in the metropolitan region of Santo Domingo, the only area of the country with a high level of incidence of the virus. Despite the sustained increase in the incidence and positivity in the last four weeks in the capital, vaccination is not progressing at the pace that health authorities would like. The Minister of Public Health, Daniel Rivera, said in a press conference that yesterday 125,000 people were expected at the vaccination centers. Still, […]

CORONAVIRUS ON THE BOOM   Santo Domingo, DR With the four new variants circulating in the national territory, including those from the United Kingdom and Brazil, which are more easily contagious, severe and lethal, the bed capacity to attend to the number of patients remains critical. Yesterday the metropolitan region had an occupancy of 91% of the Intensive Care units, 66% of the beds available for Covid, and 76% of the ventilators in use. The leading hospitals in Greater Santo Domingo were red, with 100% of beds occupied and minimal availability of up to one bed per facility. The National Health Service report indicates the centers of the Public Network, highlights in red, without availability for admissions, ICU, or ventilators the hospitals Francisco Moscoso Puello, Marcelino Vélez Santana, and Félix […]

Santo Domingo.- Vice President, Raquel Peña, announced on Monday night that a new batch of vaccines against COVID-19 left China for the Dominican Republic, with which the authorities continue to inoculate the population. The quantity of the drug that will reach the country is one million. There are several million doses that have arrived in the country from the Asian nation. So far, all flights have landed at Las Americas International Airport (Aila). The official tweeted the announcement after 11pm.