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DR is on list of countries that will receive University of Oxford Covid-19 vaccination

President Luis Abinader told media directors during a lunch at the Presidential Palace on Wednesday, 26 August 2020 that the government has signed an agreement with the Clinton Foundation and the Carlos Slim Foundation to cover the cost of Covid-19 vaccinations. Once the coronavirus vaccine manufactured by Oxford University is on the market, the Dominican Republic will be one of the first five countries to purchase it.

Abinader shared the information during the media directors lunch, as reported in N Digital. Abinader would have told the media directors that 10 million vaccines would be enough to innoculate five million Dominicans. Two doses need to be given per person.

He said the price of the dose would be around US$4, far below the US$75 per vaccine price offered by the Moderna coronavirus vaccine that is backed by the United States government.

The President said that the vaccines would be purchased as part of a government agreement with the World Health Organization (WHO) and other organizations.

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28 August 2020