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Local January 31, 2022 | 3:16 pm

Idoppril treated more than 8,000 cases of Covid in hospital personnel

Santo Domingo, DR
During the past year, the Dominican Institute for the Prevention and Protection of Occupational Risks (IDOPPRIL) treated 8,136 positive cases of Covid-19 reported as an occupational disease by health personnel from different health centers in the country, who had links in their work wit... Read more

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