President Louis Abinader announced this Wednesday night the suspension of all restrictive measures imposed by him COVID-19.
The president made the decision one year after the start of the National Vaccination Plantime described by him as “a great collective victory”.
With 5,844,147 citizens vaccinated with at least two doses of the vaccine against respiratory disease, 2,528 active cases, positivity in the last four weeks at 10.24%, lethality at 0.76% and a considerable decrease in hospital occupancy, these are the measures that from now on will no longer be implemented:
Mandatory use of face mask
· Presentation of the vaccination card to access public and private spaces
Restrictions in public spaces
“After this long battle, we started to get our freedom back. From now on, we will all have to take care of ourselves, responsibly, but without restrictions”he indicated.
With the announcement of the president, the responsibility to take care of the COVID-19 takes on an individual character.
“The government did what it had to do to protect our people and time has proven us right in our actions against the pandemic,” he added.
In his speech this Wednesday, Abinader thanked the medical personnel who, since the arrival of the pandemic, have provided their services without ceasing to guarantee the health of Dominicans.
Thanks to health personnel
“Thanks to the doctors, the nurses and all the health personnel; thanks to our military and police; thanks to the businessmen who provided human and financial resources for the cause; and thanks, above all, to the millions of Dominicans who complied with the measures and went to get vaccinated.”
He valued the measures taken by his management to acquire the vaccines against COVID-19 when many powers did not have them and turn the Dominican Republic into one of the countries that vaccinated its people the most in the first half of last year.
“We were at the forefront, we committed to hiring the widest variety of vaccines, we applied innovative treatments and we were among the first in the world to propose a third dose, despite the little faith of a few”he highlighted.
