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Santo Domingo.– Nearly 2.1 million persons have been vaccinated against tetanus and whooping cough, a milestone number in the history of the inoculation program, the Ministry of Public Health reported.

According to Public Health Minister Bautista Rojas Gomez, the program has been responsible for the 50% drop in deaths from tetanus in the Dominican Republic during 2009, a figure compared to 2008, when 54 persons died from that disease.

Rojas said vaccination efforts are targeted at rural areas and construction workers. "The goal is that there not be a single death from tetanus," he pointed out.

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Written by: hellborn25, 22 Nov 2009 6:32 PM
From: United States, words of wisdom from the nutcracker
dont be fooled by that swine flue vaccine , is all a lie the goverment wants to killed you by putting mercury in your blood. and they want to turn your kids in to autistic retards
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