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Health December 27, 2021 | 3:46 pm

Omicron could be the cause of the fifth Covid wave

Santo Domingo, DR
On Christmas Day, the confirmation made by the Ministry of Public Health that the Omicron variant of coronavirus circulates in national territory and the crowds for the Christmas and New Year festivities, the Dominican Republic is approaching the fifth wave of infections. Every time ... Read more

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