Santo Domingo.- The Dominican Republic will have access to the first vaccine approved and available against COVID-19 in the world, said the local representation of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) on Thur.
Dr. Alma Morales said the Dominican Republic, like 28 other member countries in the region, has new vaccines through PAHO’s Renewable Fund.
Therefore, the Dominican Republic as a country is not included in any specific vaccine project, among the more than 124 existing, however, it will have to be the first available, after being approved.
Morales’ claim comes after the Dominican Republic’s ambassador to Britain, Hugo Guiliani Cury, warned that his country is not among the 75 countries interested in joining forces to obtain the component of the 2.2 billion doses of vaccine to save him the Covid-19 that AstraZeneca-Oxford is developing.
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