The Ministry of Public health confirmed this Wednesday that there are 300,000 vaccines contained in the batch that is about to expire on the 30th of this month.
After being questioned, the director of the Nerve Center, Alexander Rojassaid that the first batch that expired was AstraZeneca vaccines, as Minister Daniel Rivera had announced, but that this new batch that expires at the end of the month is for vaccines Pfizer.
According to information published on the website of the Presidency, in May 2021 the agreement with the pharmaceutical company was ratified, where each vaccine was established at a cost of 12 dollars.
In other words, if the 300 thousand doses cannot be used, the losses would be 3.6 million dollars, which at the current exchange rate of 56.00 pesos, amounts to 201.6 million pesos.
12Dollars cost the Dominican State each dose of Pfizer vaccine.
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Dr. Rojas asked people who have not completed their schedule to get vaccinated as soon as possible, before the biological material has to be discarded.
“We have made a great effort to apply these doses. The opportunity we have to prevent it from expiring is by attending to get vaccinated”Director of the Nerve Center
Rojas clarified that it is no longer possible to donate these vaccines because the logistics of negotiating and applying the doses take more than the 13 days that remain.
Regarding the vaccination centers, he acknowledged that they will continue to close and that the efforts are focused on “house to house” and the vaccination of children.
“We are adapting, people are not going and we have to go look for them,” he said.
117 thousand children vaccinated
Dr. Rojas reported that 117,000 children have already received the first dose of their anticovid vaccine and that in the current week, from March 14 to 20, it is expected that some 46,000 who will have already completed 28 days of their first inoculation will be place the second dose.
In just two days after starting the second phase of vaccination with Sinovac in children from 5 to 11 children, of those 46,000 predicted, some 7,000 infants have completed their schedule with two doses.
The demarcations with the most vaccinated children are: Greater Santo Domingo, Santiago, San Juan and La Romana. The ones that have the least are: Hato Mayor, Montecristi and Samaná.
Through bulletin 727, the health authorities reported 116 new cases, detected through 6,348 samples, for a total of 437 active cases.
27% more cases of dengue
By measuring the cases of dengue reported in the Dominican Republic, until week 9, the epidemiological bulletin establishes 665 records. When comparing it with the data for 2021, when 518 cases were reported for the same period, an increase of 27% is determined.
The data was shared by the national director of Epidemiology, Ronald Skeweswho assures that, despite the increase, the cases remain within the epidemiological safety zone.
“Dengue is something we have and we are going to continue to have,” Skewes said. The epidemiologist said that there is no need to be alarmed, since there are less than 100 weekly and highlighted the work of the provincial directorates to control the vectors.
