The President of the Republic, Luis Abinader, made a call to citizens who have not yet put on the third dose, to do it.
“We are all tired of the restrictions and anticovid measures, and the one who understands it the most is me, so I tell you that the best solution is to get vaccinated first, get vaccinated second and get vaccinated third,” he emphasized.
In addition, Abinader highlighted the fact that applying the booster dose was an initiative made in the Dominican Republic. “Today we are leaders in the world with this strategy and we could already see how we impacted the positivity of Covid-19 even with the Delta variant.”
The president offered these statements during a press conference held in the Las Cariátides room of the National Palace.
Below video with the statements of the Head of State:
The study carried out
The ministry’s special advisor for the COVID-19 response, Doctor Eddie perez then, presented those of the study on the evaluation of booster doses (third dose) applied in the Dominican Republic, HeteroVacRD.
“It is a safety and immunogenicity study to evaluate the booster doses that we started a few months ago here in the DR. We are going to see the fruit of the strategy “, he assured.
