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Vaccination with WHO Approved Sinopharm COVID-19 Vaccine Begins on Friday 21 May, 2021
Port of Spain, 19 May 2021: Members of the public are advised that the national COVID-19 vaccination rollout will continue from
Friday 21 May, 2021.
50,000 eligible persons will be vaccinated with the World Health Organisation (WHO) approved Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine, which was manufactured by the Beijing Institute of Biological Products Co. Limited. This vaccine is a 2 shot vaccine given 3 to 4 weeks apart. Globally, 65 million doses of the Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine have already been administered through various emergency use programmes.
All persons who fall within the Phase 1 of the national COVID-19 Vaccine Deployment Plan, as indicated below, are eligible to receive the vaccine at this time:
ERHA dismisses covid19 rumour about Sangre Grande Hospital
Beds separated by curtains at a government covid19 step-down facility in Sangre Grande. - File photo courtesy ERHA
The Eastern Regional Health Authority (ERHA) has debunked rumours of a spread of covid19 at the Sangre Grande Hospital.
The rumours began spreading after the Sangre Grande Enhanced Health Centre General Practitioners Clinic, Ojoe Road, Sangre Grande, was relocated to the hospital on May 1-2.
The authority said operations at the centre were temporarily moved to allow scheduled maintenance work to take place there.
In a media release, the ERHA said the rumour is untrue and the Sangre Grande Accident and Emergency department is fully functional and is not being used to treat suspected covid19 cases.
Continuation of the National COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout
Port of Spain, 1 May 2021: Members of the public are advised that the national COVID-19 vaccination rollout will continue on Monday 3
rd May 2021.
All persons who fall within the Phase 1 of the national COVID-19 Vaccine Deployment Plan, as indicated below, are
eligible to receive the vaccine,:
healthcare workers
persons between 60 and 18 years of age with non-communicable diseases (NCDs)
The public is reminded that the following groups of persons should
not take the COVID-19 vaccine at this time:
Pregnant and breastfeeding women
People with a history of severe reactions to a component in the vaccine
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