Diputados aprueban en primera lectura proyecto Ley Nacional de vacunas
Esta iniciativa sería regulada y promocionada a través de mecanismos que garanticen la adquisición y distribución de las vacunas
Am I reading this correctly that there is a potential law to mandate CV19 vaccinations? This is a web translation:
Deputies approve draft National Vaccine Law at first reading This initiative would be regulated and promoted through mechanisms that guarantee the acquisition and distribution of vaccines Photo taken from the Twitter account of the Chamber of Deputies. Paul Mathiasen Santo Domingo, RD The Chamber of Deputies approved this Wednesday in first reading the draft National Vaccine Law of the Dominican Republic. After extensive debates, the point of greatest conflict that made some deputies doubt was a modification presented by legislator Elías Wessin Chávez, so that vaccination is not mandatory. Specifically, what the legislator proposed was a modification to the legislative initiative, so that people who voluntarily choose not to be vaccinated, do not suffer from the infractions established in article 45. However, the proposed modification was rejected with 74 votes in Against and only 38 in favor. The purpose of the draft National Vaccine Law is to 'guarantee adequate protection of the population against vaccine-preventable diseases. This initiative would be regulated and promoted through “mechanisms that guarantee in all public and private institutions of the national health system, the acquisition of vaccines, their supplies and associated equipment, their supply, availability, distribution, adequate conservation, prescription and application. Of the same, according to the National Vaccination Scheme and the Special Vaccination Scheme, procedures established by the Ministry of Public Health and Social Assistance (MISPAS) ”. Similarly, this initiative proposes the free vaccination and 'without discrimination' of all the vaccines contained in the National Vaccination Scheme. The bill began in the Senate of the Republic and has yet to be approved in second reading by the deputies to become law.
