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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.
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