The Minister of Public Health, Rafael Sánchez Cárdenas, denounced on Tuesday that several companies have incurred in the irregular sale of rapid tests to detect the coronavirus (Covid-19) and that prices range between 45 and 800 dollars.
“That is an illegality that the Ministry of Public Health is not going to allow, all imported products need a sanitary registry except in the specified cases and need an approval of the general direction of medicines for circulation in the or an express approval of this ministry “Expressed the minister.
Sánchez Cárdenas called on the population to denounce and file complaints with Public Health to stop the practice.
“We will be dispersing various operations to stop the illegal sale of these rapid tests in unauthorized establishments,” he exclaimed.
According to bulletin number 19 of the Ministry of Public Health, cases of coronavirus COVID-19 increased to 1,956 in the Dominican Republic with 98 deaths. Of the infected 55 percent correspond to men and 45 percent to women.
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