Despite months of preparation for the rollout of the Ministry of Health’s vaccination programme, health officials are struggling to manage the volume of requests for vaccines.
Principal medical officer, Dr Maryam Abdool Richards, said: “We have received concerns from members of the population regarding the time taken to reach the hotlines and also regarding the persons who would have gone into the health centres to make appointments themselves.”
Photo: Waiting on hold.
Dr Richards said while a challenge, she considered the number of requests a positive sign that there was high acceptance for the AstraZeneca vaccine.
“Just to let you know the high level of interest in this vaccine, Diego Martin health centre alone had over 600 persons coming in to make appointments, on a phased basis, of course, yesterday,” she said.
Prime Minister undergoes MRI to check lungs
Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley. -
The Prime Minister underwent an MRI at Scarborough General Hospital on Wednesday evening to monitor his lung functions, the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) said in a statement.
Dr Rowley, 71, tested positive for covid19 on Monday after developing flu-like symptoms. The statement from the OPM said Rowley was taken by assigned doctors from his official residence in Blenheim to the hospital.
He has since returned to quarantine in Blenheim where he continues to be monitored and cared for by staff of the Tobago Regional Health Authority.
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TRHA general manager happy with vaccination process
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Chief Justice Ivor Archie was one of the people who turned up at the Canaan Health Centre in Tobago to get his covid19 vaccine on Wednesday. - Photo by David Reid
General manager of primary care at the Tobago Regional Health Authority (TRHA) Dr Roxanne Mitchell has said the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccination process is encouraging thus far, despite “kinks.”
“I am heartened by the response,” Mitchell told Newsday by phone on Wednesday.
“We are still working out some kinks, because we are human at the end of the day. We are trying our best to ensure that we can roll out safely and effectively and looking to see how best we can improve going forward in the event we have to ramp up the vaccine distributions.”
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