(CARICOM), Press Release
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana - Tuesday, 6 July 2021) - After months of lobbying third states and international institutions for them to share their supplies of COVID-19 vaccines with the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), the Region is now closer to inoculating “as many citizens as possible,” Outgoing Chair of CARICOM, Prime Minister Dr. Keith Rowley of Trinidad and Tobago said on Monday, 5 July.
He gave this update to the opening ceremony of the 42nd Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of CARICOM, as he summarized the achievements of his leadership from 1 January - July 1. The Meeting is being held virtually for the second consecutive year, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.