DR1 Daily News - Dominican Republic

The president of the Dominican Medical Association (CMD) clarified that the CMD is not calling for rejecting the University of Oxford/AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine. Dr. Waldo Ariel Suero says the CMD understands the vaccine is less effective and the government should have given priority to purchasing the Pfizer vaccine. Dr. Waldo Ariel Suero had said on a radio talk show that he would not get the Oxford vaccination. The Oxford vaccination is the first Covid-19 virus vaccination to be approved in the Dominican Republic.

The president of the Dominican Medical Association (CMD), Waldo Ariel Suero, said: “The first thing is to clarify that the CMD is in favor of using the vaccine as a key tool against the expansion of COVID-19. As a union, we have prioritized the Pfizer vaccine because it has higher coverage and fewer side effects. We do not believe that the...