Las Américas International Airport, RD.
This afternoon, the Dominican Republic received a shipment of 1 million 50 thousand doses of COVID-19 vaccines from the People’s Republic of China.
The dispatch was received by the vice president and coordinator of the Health Cabinet, Raquel Peña, in the company of officials from the sector in the country.
One million of these vaccines have been contracted with the Asian company Sinovac; while the remaining 50,000 is a donation from the government of the People’s Republic of China, produced by China National Biotech Group (CNBG), a state-owned subsidiary of Sinopharm.
In addition, 51,200 syringes were donated.
“The health cabinet explained that only 25,000 of these vaccines will be used as first doses and will store the remaining 50%, so that 28 days later they can be used as second doses and thus ensure that both inoculations come from to the same pharmaceutical company “, says a statement of the Presidency of the Republic, regarding the donated vaccines.
The arrival was made by a charter flight from Beijing, around 5 this afternoon, after making a technical stop in the city of Chicago, United States, where he was refueled to continue his journey to the Dominican country. .
“This batch of vaccines against COVID-19, the largest we have received so far, will be used almost entirely for, starting with March 24, to proceed with the application of the second dose to citizens who have already received the first inoculation against coronavirus, “said Vice President Raquel Peña, quoted in a press release.
With “Vacúnate RD”, about 700 thousand people have been inoculated so far and it is planned to continue progress with the teaching and health staff, both in the first and second dose.
The government said that “they have spared no effort to meet the vaccination target of 7.8 million Dominicans in the shortest possible time, which is why they are in constant talks with various states and pharmaceutical companies that can collaborate with this. more vaccines continue to arrive and so they can continue vaccination ”.