Tracking the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on routine infant vaccinations in the Dominican Republic

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Table 1. National vaccination schedule for infants in the Dominican Republic

Age	Antigen	Dose
Birth	Bacillus Calmette–Guérin (BCG) Hepatitis B	Single
2 months	Rotavirus Polio Pneumococcal Pentavalent	1^st
4 months	Rotavirus Polio Pneumococcal Pentavalent	2^nd
6 months	Polio Pentavalent	3^rd
12 months	Measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) Pneumococcal	1^st Booster

Source: National vaccination schedule¹⁴

Table 2. Mean vaccine coverage and performance of the immunization program at the national level, Dominican Republic 2019–2020

	2019	2020	Change 2020–2019	p-value
Bacillus Calmette–Guérin (%)	113 [51.6]	99.2 [67.7]	−13.8	0.016
Hepatitis B (%)	80.6 [39.7]	71.4 [44.7]	−9.2	0.017
Rotavirus (%)	80.2 [16.7]	76.9 [18.6]	−3.3	0.330
Polio (%)	91.5 [15.5]	79.9 [18.0]	−11.6	0.000
Pneumococcus (%)	93.2 [18.1]	81.3 [20.7]	−11.9	0.000
Measles-mumps-rubella (%)	96.2 [18.5]	82.2 [16.8]	−14	0.013
Penta1 (%)	107.3 [12.1]	94.1 [17.1]	−13	0.006
Penta3 (%)	90.1 [8.9]	81.1 [12.3]	−9.0	0.000
Dropout rate (Penta1-Penta3)	9.0 [7.7]	10.1 [6.0]	+1.1	0.745
Number of areas Penta3 ≥ 80%	29.0	25.0	−4	0.063
Number of areas with dropout ≤10%	24.0	21.0	−3	0.348
Number of partially immunized children	20591 [1630]	34185 [2393]	+13594	0.007
Number of unimmunized children	1487 [360]	7079 [468]	+5593	0.724
Number of surviving infants	190745 [9089]	189843 [3441]	−902	0.008

[SD] = Standard deviation.

p = significant value for t-student.

Figure 1. Trends in immunization coverage,dropout rate and cumulative COVID-19 cases by month,2019–2020.

Penta3 2020 = third dose of the pentavalent vaccine coverage in 2020.

Figure 2. Correlation of change in Penta3 coverage with the Human Development Index, by province,2019–2020.

Dropout 2020 = dropout rate for 2020.

Oficina Nacional de Estadística. Estimaciones y Proyecciones Nacionales de Población 1950-2100; 2014 [ accessed 2021 Feb 6]. https://www.one.gob.do/demograficas/proyecciones-de-poblacion .

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