The president of the Dominican Medical College (CDM), Senen Caba, considers positive the administration of a booster dose of the vaccineespecially the bivalent, to counter the increase in Covid-19 infections that have occurred in recent days.
Speaking with a team of Listín Diario, the doctor highlighted this this Friday It is important to complete the vaccination schedule with another dose regardless of the pharmaceutical, however, he insists that the “bivalent” vaccine be distributed and in the next few days it will be available in the country.
He expressed that he recommends this vaccine because was created specifically for the omicron and its variantswhich is why he believes it is the most useful at this time when infections are increasing due to the remnants of the same variant.
“The current vaccine is bivalent because what we have produced this contagiousness are the descendants of the omicron variant,” he said, adding that he was speaking with the Minister of Health, Daniel Rivera, about the situation and the possible availability of this dose.
He specified that in the country there is no availability of this injectable drugHowever, he is aware that in about two weeks they will be enabled for his application.
“As far as I know, there is none in the public system but the minister of public health told me that they will be here in two weeks”, Caba indicated without detailing the amount that the Ministry of Health acquired.
He said this vaccine is extremely important and he should apply to immunocompromised patients and the elderly because they are the most vulnerable.
He recommended that the rest of the population protect themselves and eat adequately to strengthen the immune system and thus strengthen the ability to fight this type of virus.