The interest of Haitians to enter the Dominican Republic has increased, after authorities of the Ministry of Public Health in Dajabón, together with other civil and military institutions, reinforced health security measures in the face of the increase in cases of Covid-19, respiratory diseases, and flu in the neighboring country.
The Dominican government has announced antigen and PCR tests and loose vaccination for foreigners entering the country in this section.
Haitians must enter the country in droves to get vaccinated and buy flu drugs given the shortage of those drugs in their country.
The Director of Public Health of the Province of Dajabón, Francisco García, said that measures have been strengthened in the domain and that the evidence is carried out on all those who enter this country of Haiti.
According to the local official, foreigners who try to enter Dominican territory must have the vaccination cards of their countries.
But if not, the Dominican government will do rapid tests and vaccination for free, noting that the Dominican population will have to be protected.
The Haitian domestic Michelly Charlies, while waiting with other compatriots for their repatriation process, said that she tried to enter with her mother and three of her brothers, two females and a male, to be vaccinated against Covid-19 in Dajabón and later return to their native land in Mont Organisé, near the northern Dominican border.
However, she said that the guards parked at the border seized her and her relatives and passed them to the immigration authorities.
Like the opinion of many of the illegal immigrants detained, Charlies says that in Haiti, to be vaccinated against virulá (Covid-19), you must have 5,000 gourdes, about 6,670 Dominican pesos.
Haitian nurse Sonia Pierre proclaimed that physical care in Haiti is expensive, because unlike in the Dominican Republic, there is no social fitness and social security formula that protects when they get sick.
He pointed out that this is one explanation why many Haitians need to succeed in the Dominican Republic, crossing the border illegally.
The commander of the Fourth Army Brigade in Mao, Colonel Germán Rosario Pérez, reported that the Army had seized a large number of alcoholic beverages from Haiti of different brands.
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The Haitians traveling to the border for help is the reason why the international community should get involved to halt the humanitarian crisis in Haiti.
It is moderate to ask for the foreign Red Cross, the Pan American Health Organization, which. Or the UN is involved, to establish medical clinics on the border and internal places in Haiti to avoid the call of physical condition existing in the RD.
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