Study reveals 92.5% of vaccinated Dominicans acquired antibodies to protect against COVID-19

Following the National Vaccination Day start in the Dominican Republic, Pro Familia, through its director of Biomedical Research, Vivian Brache, conducted a study to identify what happens when the two doses of the vaccine against covid-19 are received.

Brache conducted a study with 80 people who work in the organization and received the first phase of vaccination with Sinovac. Brache described the results of his research as encouraging. 52.5% of those vaccinated with Sinovac had measurable antibodies in their bodies with the first dose.

By the second jab, 92.5% of those inoculated had positive antibodies to protect against respiratory disease.

Side effects

The side effects of the vaccine were redness and pain at the injection site. Some 13% reported headache, 5% reported fatigue and muscle pain. Brache offered the findings of her study during an interview on the program El Día.

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The report of vaccinated states that as of this Thursday, two million 658 thousand 818 citizens received the first dose, 829 thousand 313 of these received the second jab for 3 million 488 thousand 131 doses applied.