PRO/EDR> Diphtheria – Dominican Republic: lapses, vaccination coverage, COVID-19 pandemic

Diphtheria — Dominican Republic
The Ministry of Public Health issued this Thursday [8 Apr 2021] an epidemiological alert to the occurrence of 10 diphtheria cases in different parts of the country, of which 4 have been confirmed, and 6 remain under investigation.
These cases have been reported so far in 2021, until this Epidemiological Week (EW), number 14 [29 Mar-4 Apr 2021]. Of the 10 notifications, 8 deaths have been reported; the samples were sent to the Centers for the Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta,