In recent weeks, the cholera bacterial disease has claimed lives in the national territory, and to counteract its spread, citizens are actively going to vaccination points located in Greater Santo Domingo.
During a tour carried out by a team from Listín Diario, Villa Liberación, La Zurza and Villas Agrícolasthe constant flow of people of different ages who responded to the call of the authorities, according to the availability of vaccines against diarrheal disease, became visible.
“Honestly, people are being very responsible with this issue because we vaccinate about 60 people every day, a very good figure considering that we have just started the vaccine rounds,” said Pedro Míreles, head of risk management for health area four. , who was in the tent that is positioned in the Zurza.
In that neighborhood, by noon on Friday they had already vaccinated some 122 personasa record number compared to the amount they had inoculated the rest of the week.
Likewise, in the Villa Liberación vaccination tent, Dr. Máximo Canela, in charge of the space, commented that a group of community members who know the area have taken responsibility for inoculating other points in the sector.
“A group of volunteers who reside in Villa Liberación took about 50 doses and went to offer the vaccination to people who live in areas where it is difficult for them to reach the point of the tent,” explained Canela.
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Last Wednesday the cholera vaccination campaign began for the most vulnerable population, after the country received a shipment of 85,000 dosesdonated by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO).
The immunological one that has begun to be applied is the “Euvichol-Plus”which came from South Korea and is scarce in the world, reported the Ministry of Public Health.
