The Dominican ambassador to Vietnam, Jaime Francisco Rodríguez, called on Senator Bautista Rojas “not to politicize the Vietnamese vaccine” NAVET-ASFVAC against African Swine Fever (ASF) because “it is validated, certified and completely safe.”
This vaccine, produced by Vietnamese and American scientists, has sanitary authorization for its circulation and application, with certification and validation, including from the Department of Agriculture and the US Agricultural Research Service “and from prestigious national and international institutions,” he stressed.
“No country, much less Vietnam, is going to cooperate with a vaccine that is not effective. Vietnam is internationally respected for its rigor, truth, science and seriousness,” added the diplomat.
“The vaccine does not spread ASF, nor is it a new strain, quite the contrary, it contributes to eradicating ASF in the Dominican Republic by creating antibodies,” the diplomat pointed out and recalled that, in addition, NAVET-ASFVAC “has plenty of evidence of its effectiveness in more than 93%, unique in the world”.
The ambassador called for “good sense, objectivity and respect for science” and revealed that in the coming days he will visit the Senate of the Republic to “formally deliver documentation on the aforementioned vaccine to all senators.”
“With all due respect, Senator, it is false that we are creating businesses or favoring particular interests as you refer with your insinuations about business with the vaccine, Vietnam has donated and cooperates with ASF vaccines for the Government and Ministry of Agriculture of the Dominican Republic”, stressed.
“The country is being done a disservice by encouraging associations and institutions to ignore the scientific work, validity and efficacy of this vaccine, as well as the great gesture of the Vietnamese people towards our Dominican people,” he continued.
Rodríguez assured that the vaccines have reached the Dominican Republic from “an important and effective process of management and cooperation of the government of Vietnam with the Dominican government and the Ministry of Agriculture.”
The objective is to advance so that the Dominican Republic is declared free of ASF “always complying with the biosafety protocols, which will bring greater profits, increase and development to the important swine sector, repopulation, with more employment, animal health, food safety for the country and the region,” he insisted.
Statement by Senator Rojas, organization secretary of the People’s Force:
Vaccine for African Swine Fever that was rejected in Vietnam, is being applied here in the country without any type of scientific or technical support. If the objective is to make local producers disappear; they are making it. 2/2 pic.twitter.com/dlHOtTMHdp
– Bautista Rojas Gómez (@BautaRojas) May 30, 2023
2023-06-03 00:30:00
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