In the Dominican Republic, vaccines against Covid-19 from AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals have not been applied since 2021, received during the pandemic with less than 3% of the population vaccinated, said the Minister Public Health, Víctor Atallah, yesterday.
He also informed that there is no vaccine against Covid-19 from that pharmaceutical company in the country’s warehouses and that both the Ministry of Public Health and AstraZeneca itself monitor active drugs and to so far no cases of adverse effects have been found in the country. reactions to the vaccine.
The AstraZeneca vaccines made in India were the first batch of 20,000 doses that arrived in the Dominican Republic in February 2021 and began to be applied among health workers and other population groups was subsequently received through the OPS Revolving Fund.
Get a report
With the announcement made by the pharmaceutical company AztraZeneca that its vaccine against Covid-19 has been withdrawn from the market based on reports describing cases of patients who had side effects, giving into thrombosis after the application, said the Minister of Health who asked. a meeting with the representatives of that company, which took place this past Monday, to receive an official report on the vaccine situation.
Atallah said he met with AstraZeneca on Monday on his campaign to get an official report on the status of his vaccine.
The official assured that less than 3% of the Dominican population was vaccinated with this vaccine during the pandemic and that both the Ministry and the company have continued the investigation of drugs without adverse events resulting from the application.
“This side effect occurs 14 to 20 days after the dose is applied, so we are already outside the window and until May 6, 2024 there have been no reported cases, and so we understand that we are okay,” said the official when we were asked about it.
He assured that the Government and the Ministry of Health continue to pay attention and touch all aspects in an early and sensible way to answer any questions.
The Swedish pharmaceutical company announced this week that its Covid-19 vaccine has been withdrawn from the global market, as cases and lawsuits arise from patients due to side effects , such as thrombosis after its application.
The vaccine, called Vaxzevria, was developed in collaboration with the University of Oxford.
February 2021
The Dominican Republic began the vaccination against Covid-19 on February 16, 2021, with the first batch of vaccines from India, produced under the license of AstraZeneca, which began to be applied among people – health work, starting at the Military Hospital Ramón de Lara Dominican Air Force.
In April 2021, the Dominican Republic received 91,200 doses of vaccines against Covid-19 through the COVAX Equipment, according to the AstraZeneca / Oxford vaccine, manufactured by SK Bioscience in South Korea.
2024-05-09 04:00:00
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