Last week, the Vice President of the Republic and the coordinator of the Health Cabinet, Raquel Peña, said that the vaccination plan against Covid-19 coronavirus will be based on the electoral list for organizing citizens and determining the number of people who will be vaccinated, causing confusion among people. they did not understand the use of the register, as it was also reported that it was considering the integration of polling stations for the vaccination process.
“So that means that if I vote in Villa Jaragua, but I live here in the capital, I have to go there to get vaccinated, that’s why I don’t get vaccinated,” said Daysi Pérez, a resident of Santo Domingo Este, whose position was shared by many citizens who were accustomed and with more details about the vaccination plan.
Throughout the weekend, as the information was not clarified by the authorities, uncertainty took over the citizens who began to express their opinions on this issue through various social networks.
“I really don’t understand what they want to do, because for example I have to go inside to vote (Santiago Rodríguez), but I’ve lived here for many years and I really don’t think I’ll do it alone,” Darío Gómez explained.
Education knows nothing
The Minister of Education, Roberto Fulcar, said that he did not receive any request regarding the possibility that the educational centers that function as polling stations be used for the vaccination plan against Covid-19. “We have not yet received any requests regarding educational centers,” Fulcar said through his spokesman when contacted by LISTÍN DIARIO about the possible extent to which some educational centers are chosen for the application of vaccines, as most schools are the main voting centers in the country. .
CTCs are available
The Director General of the Community Technology Centers (CTC), Isidro Torres, reported that he has made available to the Cabinet of Health and the Ministry of Public Health and Social Welfare its 104 infrastructures operating nationally for the day of vaccination against the new Covid-19 coronavirus. .
“The idea is for the CTC to serve as recipients for the population and can also guide communities through CTC radio stations, as well as their technological base to raise awareness of this scourge,” Torres said.
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Socialization
Raquel Peña said on Friday that the process of socializing the coronavirus vaccination plan will begin next week.
The Dominican government, through various agreements with various pharmaceutical companies, intends to obtain 20 million doses for coronavirus vaccination. The country expects 10 million doses of AstraZeneca, 8 million with Pfizer-BioNTech and 2 million with Covax.