“I had not received the vaccine because I was afraid,” he revealed this Wednesday Miriam Hernandez, 55 years. She is hypertensive and has an asthma problem and was afraid they would complicate it.
He decided to get vaccinated at the Olympic Center due to the Government’s disposition not to allow access to public transport to people who are not inoculated against the COVID-19 disease.
Miriam was not afraid that her workplace would not allow her to enter without the vaccination card because her shift is done on the street.
Although the Ministry of Public Health established that to enter closed spaces and for collective use the card with the two doses is necessary, Minister Daniel Rivera said on Wednesday that those who were vaccinated now in October can access.
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“They have to let in people who are on their first dose. This is a measure of celebration, not punishment. We have to make sure that people feel confident with the vaccination ”, Rivera said.
Miriam, who received the Sinovac vaccine, said she felt more confident with the vaccination. She plans to complete the schedule with the second dose, but is not enthusiastic about taking the booster.
On the other hand is Tony Derilus, a 46-year-old Haitian foreigner who received his first vaccination at the Olympic Center. The health staff gave him the Pfizer preparation.
Derilus said that he was also concerned about going to be vaccinated because for years he has been affected by an abscess. In addition, he said that it made it difficult for him to go for his work, he is a vigilante in a company, and he assured that they had not given him the opportunity to get vaccinated.
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To go to the Olympic Center today, Miriam had to convince him and he had to pay someone to guard his job.
Tony Derilus stated that his work does not give him a day off or offer him vacations. “As a foreigner you come to search and that is why we fight,” he said in this regard.
He already anticipated that it may be difficult for him to return to the beginning of November to complete the scheme.
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Vaccination increase
The Ministry of Public Health highlighted that in the country there is an increase in the demand for vaccination as the date on which the new restrictive measures will be implemented approaches.
Daniel Rivera, Minister of Health, indicated that 55,248 doses were applied on Tuesday. Of this number 22,750 people were inoculated with the first dose, 17,691 were applied as the second dose and 14,807 with boosters.
Public Health hopes that people will continue to attend the vaccination centers to receive their respective dose and congratulated those who join the campaign.
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