Vice President of the Republic, Rachel Peña, reported this Tuesday that the Dominican government decided to apply the fourth dose of vaccine against the coronavirus, based on national and international studies.
The vice president specified that the studies that until now have been done worldwide on the disease “are not terminal”, for which a constant investigation is maintained.
Peña reiterated that the fourth dose of the vaccine against COVID It is voluntary, as stated in resolution 000069 of the Ministry of Public Health.
After being approached by journalists, the official stressed that the purpose of the government it is “to further protect the population.”
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He also announced that this Wednesday there will be a press conference at the facilities of the Ministry of Public Health to treat everything related to the fourth dose of the vaccine against illness.
Is the third dose voluntary?
Regarding the application of the third injection of drug that fights the coronavirus, Raquel Peña explained that, like the fourth dose, it is voluntary.
“It is mandatory, it is mandatory in the sense that there will be many places, including private companies, that will require that you have the third dose, but it is also voluntary, “he said.
Who will get the fourth dose of COVID first?
Public Health published last Monday the resolution 000069 in which it establishes the application of a fourth dose of the vaccine against COVID optional within the vaccination scheme that is managed in the Dominican society. The fourth dose will be applied from the six months of placing the third dose and it is recommended that the drugs of several companies be used.
What does the resolution say?
The document published by Public Health on Monday afternoon indicates that the third dose may be applied “30 days after the person has received the second.”
«An optional (fourth) booster dose is enabled, starting with health personnel and pharmacists, people over 60 years of age, immunosuppressed people (including those with diabetes, hypertension, obesity, asthma, cardiovascular disease, kidney failure, and cancer), front-line personnel of the Armed Forces (Army, Navy and Air Force) and the National Police, teachers, journalists and people who require it due to special conditions, which may be applied six months after receiving the third… », indicates the Public Health document.
