President Luis Abinader told reporters that the “oversupply” of vaccines was necessary to guarantee the successful working of the vaccination program proposed by the government. He noted that some suppliers had failed to deliver on promised dates making it necessary to contract for even more vaccines. Just this week, nearly a million vaccines arrived at the Las Americas International Airport (AILA). Currently, Sinovac, Pfizer, Modena and AstraZeneca are the companies that are under contract to provide the Dominican Republic with Covid-19 vaccines.
The Abinader administration announced it would donate 500,000 to boost vaccination programs in Haiti, Honduras and Guatemala. Haiti had rejected the AstraZeneca vaccines it was allotted in the Covax Initiative. Haiti began its vaccination plan on 16 July 2021 using Moderna vaccines donated by the United States government. Haiti has one of the lowest rates of reported Covid-19 cases in the Americas.
The government began to vaccinate for the Covid-19 virus on 16 February 2021. As of 3 September 2021, the Dominican Republic has received 21,737,730 vaccine doses, of which around 72.77% have come from China – 15,768,000 Sinovac and 50,000 Sinopharm vaccines (15,818,000). Pfizer has delivered 5,530,530 vaccine doses for 20.84%. Of the AstraZeneca vaccine, the delivered 1,389,200 doses represent 6.39% of the total.
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Listin Diario
Listin Diario
6 September 2021