April 7, 2021
Minister of Health and Wellness Lieutenant Colonel Jeffrey Bostic today assured that Government has not made COVID-19 vaccination mandatory, neither will it support any employer trying to force workers to get the jab.
He said while health authorities wanted to see as many Barbadians as possible immunized against the virus, the choice to get the vaccine or not is an individual one.
The Health Minister made that clear in response to an event last Saturday when scores of people gathered at Sky Mall, Haggatt Hall to sign a petition against what social activist Winston Clarke described as vaccine intimidation. Clarke, who organized the event, is advocating against Barbadians facing consequences for refusing to take the vaccine.
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Two key figures in Barbados’ tourism have quit their top posts.
Head of global markets at the Barbados Tourism Marketing Inc. (BTMI), Petra Roach, yesterday confirmed that she had resigned after 26 years and would be taking up a new job, while deputy chief executive officer of Grantley Adams International Airport Inc (GAIA), Terry Layne, confirmed he would be departing May 31 and moving on to a new job.
Roach, who has had a distinguished career and has been the face of Barbados in global tourism markets, will be leaving the BTMI on June 30, a decision she told the MIDWEEK NATION last night was made primarily in the interest of her further personal development.
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Barbados yesterday received 33,600 doses of COVID-19 vaccines through the COVAX Facility, a global effort between the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI), Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance Gavi, UNICEF, the Pan American Health Organiza-tion (PAHO) and the World Health Organization (WHO).
The arrival marks a historic step toward ensuring the equitable distribution of COVID-19 vaccines worldwide, in the largest vaccine procurement and supply operation in his-tory. This delivery is part of the first phase of deliveries for Barbados, and more vaccines are expected to arrive successively during 2021. According to the first round of COVAX allocations, Barbados is expected to continue receiving doses through May until it reaches 100,800, the amount specified by COVAX.