President Luis Abinader received this Wednesday, July 21, the third vaccine against COVID-19 by receiving an injection from Pfizer, after he received the first and second doses of the Chinese brand vaccine in May and June. Sinovac.
The president thus joins the president of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who received the third dose in early June.
The Dominican Republic and Turkey have been among the pioneer countries in placing a third dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.
The Caribbean country began inoculation with the third dose of the COVID-19 vaccine on July 8, as a way to strengthen the immune system due to the low effectiveness of some vaccines against new variants of the virus. Citizens began to go to the vaccination centers showing their interest in receiving the biological.
The country has made progress in vaccination against COVID-19, mainly with the Sinovac vaccine, but has also made agreements to receive almost ten million vaccines with Pfizer (9,999,990) and another 10 million AstraZeneca, while so far it has acquired 10.8 million Sinovac.
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