The Dominican Republic has a population of children between the ages of five and 11 of around one million 350 thousand, which would be the target population to be vaccinated against Covid-19, once the immunization process against that population is started. agreed at the meeting held by the health authorities and the medical community.
This Monday, after a second meeting with the Dominican Medical College (CMD) and representatives of Specialized Medical Societies, the Ministry of Public Health reported that the vaccination of minors from 5 to 11 years of age with two doses of the original vaccine was approved Chinese Sinovac, for being the biological available in the country, but the date was not specified.
The entity that groups the country’s pediatric doctors issued yesterday a document on vaccination in children between five and eleven years old, for which, yesterday it was consulting and seeking consensus among its members.
Asked about this, yesterday, Dr. Luz Herrera, president of the Dominican Society of Pediatrics, an entity that had initially requested a waiting period until more scientific evidence was obtained on the effectiveness of the vaccine in that population, reported that they have asked the authorities to inform what is the reality of the Covid-19 virus among Dominican children.
Herrera said that between five and 11 years the country has around 1,350,000 children and that as president of the Pediatric Society she understands that vaccinating them should depend on the epidemiological reality of the virus in that population group.
“We are not opposed to vaccination, what we want is for the authorities to say what the reality of Covid-19 is among children from five to 11 years old, because we understand that the decision to vaccinate them must depend on the epidemiological reality of the virus in them. , which until now we do not know ”, explained Herrera.
Decided in meeting
On Monday afternoon, acting as a spokesman, Dr. Eddy Pérez Then, adviser to the Ministry of Health on COVID-19, reported that the vaccination of minors from 5 to 11 years of age with two doses of Sinovac was approved, after a second meeting with representatives of the Dominican Medical College, specialized medical societies and representatives of the Health Cabinet.
The meeting, which lasted for more than two hours, was led by Dr. Daniel Rivera who gave guarantees that the main interest is to protect the child population and therefore they have sought the consensus of specialists in various areas, mainly pediatrics.
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