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Dominican Republic only administered 588,397 doses of AstraZeneca of the 10 million contracted.

The Dominican population has been vaccinated against the disease with doses from AstraZeneca, Pfizer, Sinovac, and Sinopharm, Dominican Today announced.

“In October 2020, the Health Cabinet announced the contracting of 10 million vaccines with the pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca-Biotech for US$40 million, this being the first major effort by the authorities to guarantee the biological vaccine for the population”

“Seven months after signing the agreement to acquire the AstraZeneca vaccine, no shipment of this vaccine had yet arrived in the country. In addition, the European pharmaceutical company failed several times to comply with the preliminary delivery schedule of the vaccinations with the Dominican authorities” the Dominican digital web added.

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