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First vaccines to go to frontline workers

First vaccines to go to frontline workers Wednesday 17 February 2021 Nurse of Infection prevention and control, Kiesha Preevatt-Gomez shows a thumbs up after recieving the covid19 vaccine at the Couva hospital on Wednesday, with her is Health Minister Terrence Deyalsingh. - Marvin Hamilton Health Minister Terrence Deyalsingh said the 2,000 AstraZeneca vaccine doses received from Barbados will all be given out to frontline healthcare workers working in high-risk, high-exposure areas. Distribution of the vaccines began yesterday at the Couva Multi-Training Hospital Facility. Speaking at the Health Ministry s media briefing on Wednesday, he said the 2,000 doses will vaccinate 1,000 people, so it was essential that this first batch went to the highest-risk population.

Deyalsingh: Teachers to get covid19 vaccine as essential workers

Deyalsingh: Teachers to get covid19 vaccine as essential workers Health Minister Terrence Deyalsingh. - HEALTH Minister Terrence Deyalsingh said on Wednesday that teachers will be deemed essential workers and be among the first to get the covid19 vaccine in late February/early March. He was addressing a briefing at the Diplomatic Centre, St Ann’s. Also present were the Prime Minister, Minister of National Security Stuart Young, Chief Medical Officer Dr Roshan Parasram and other health officials. Deyalsingh said inoculating teachers was important because secondary schools will be partially reopening next Monday, to facilitate practical work like science labs among forms four to six.

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