The Dominican Republic, with 11 million inhabitants, has vaccinated 5.6 million people with two doses, according to official data.
The Ministry of Public Health of the The Dominican Republic reported this Saturday the first case of the omicron variant of covid-19 in the national territory, detected in a person who arrived from South Africa, while investigating other possible cases.
The person, whose nationality was not specified, presented “Mild symptoms, received outpatient care and evolved satisfactorily”explained the Health portfolio in a statement.
After this case, the note added, a notification was received from Chile that a person who tested positive for said variant upon arriving in that nation from the Dominican Republic.
“Other possible cases of omicron are also under investigation,” said Public Health, who asked the population to continue being vaccinated against covid-19 and to strengthen preventive measures to prevent infections.
The Dominican Republic, with 11 million inhabitants, has vaccinated 5.6 million people with two doses, according to official data.
The country accumulates 413,887 cases of covid-19 and 4,237 deaths due to the disease, whose active cases total 2,400, according to Public Health data.
In the country there are 267 people hospitalized for coronavirus, which represents an occupancy rate of 12% of the available beds, while intensive care units are at 13% of their capacity and ventilators in use at 14%. (I)
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