Notable
"We can inoculate at least half that number with Sputnik V,” he said.
"Aircraft, cargo and seafarers will keep coming but they will not be allowed to disembark," he said.
A day earlier the total hospitalized climbed to 13,814
Fifteen thousand doses of the jab arrived in the island on May 04 for a trial rollout.
Hospitalisations have also increased, along with the number of patients needing oxygen.
"If the public refuses to take the booster dose now, it will expire by July 2022."
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