Despite constant calls from the authorities of the Ministry of Public Healthassistance to vaccination centers in the different establishments of Santo Domingo it has been slow.
The number of people has decreased after the president on February 16 Louis Abinader eliminate all the restrictions that existed in the country due to the coronavirus, including the mandatory presentation of the vaccination card to access public and private spaces.
After a tour of Free Journal This Friday, it was observed that the population’s attendance at the anticovid vaccine centers is almost nil. The panorama at the vaccination point located in the facilities of the Ministry of Public Health was completely empty, and it has remained that way for three weeks, according to one of the institution’s workers.
A similar situation occurs in the vaccination center located in the Santo Socorro Hospitalalso in the National District, where every day there are fewer people attending and the designated personnel are crossed their arms waiting for the small number that decides to get vaccinated.
When talking with one of the representatives of that vaccination point, he considers that the time will come soon when the authorities call to close the vaccination points.
“Possibly at any time President Luis Abinader will call to close the vaccination centersbecause look how we are, it’s almost eleven in the morning and no one has come”, Indian.
He suggested that the personnel of the different centers designated for these purposes be used for active days of inoculation.
Another center that was totally desolate is the one located in building five of the Plaza de la Salud, where the staff called on the population to go get vaccinated in order to face the situation generated by COVID-19.
Although the centers are empty, they consider that they cannot be closed, since it would contribute to the discouragement of the population.
“What needs to be implemented is an educational campaign, with character, that calls on the population to come to be vaccinated at the posts assigned by Public Health, but also in the days that they will carry out at home,” said Dr. Rosario of this clinic.
The director of Area IV of Health, Jesús Surdí, reported that the house-to-house campaign, where the population is expected to be vaccinated against COVID-19, began in September with a total of 40 teams distributed in the 15 sectors. that concerns you.
The sectors from La Ciénega to Villa Consuelo are visited by at least four Public Health brigades with loudspeakers and other motivational educational measures.
As explained by Dr. Surdí, daily they are achieving vaccination between 700 and 1,000 people, for which he considers that, despite the fact that the vaccination centers they are empty, the house-to-house situation paints a different color.
“Right now what is prosperous is attending house by house, and this will be accompanied by loudspeakers within the same visits. Until now we are going to continue with the periphoneo and other educational measures so that the Dominican population makes the decision to get vaccinated”, said the director of Area IV.
He assures that, although there are sectors that are difficult to approach, they do not lose faith that they will come to his call.
Next Monday, March 7, the authorities of the Ministry of Public Health will announce all the details about a massive day they will carry out to vaccinate the population house by house.
The information was given to Diario Libre by the director of communications for Public Health, Carlos Serumwho assured that they will inform the sectors where these conferences will take place and the details of the place.
The Ministry of Public Health reported this Friday 156 new cases of coronavirus, a disease that currently affects 1,689 people, according to the follow-up bulletin to the virus.
Health authorities reported no deaths from the virus. virusso the accumulated number of cases remains at 4,370.
In the last 24 hours, 6,219 samples were processed, of which 5,084 correspond to detection of the virus for the first time and 1,135 to subsequent or from patients already infected.
