Some frontline workers uneasy about Covid-19 vaccine
They are frontline workers with top-priority access to the Covid-19 vaccine, but according to reports, some nurses in Antigua and Barbuda are fidgety about taking the jab.
President of the Antigua and Barbuda Nurses Association, Soria Dupie-Winston, told Observer that some of the hospital workers eligible for the vaccine are still having mixed feelings about it.
“To take the vaccine is the choice of every individual…some nurses have stated that they will take it, some won’t, and others have not yet decided,” she said.
Some of these frontline workers according to the ABNA president, are worried about the formulation window of the Covid-19 vaccine.
MSJMC nurses await their $1K honorarium
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President of the Antigua and Barbuda Nurses Association (ABNA) Soria Dupie-Winston said while she is pleased that frontline workers have been receiving the $1,000 honorarium promised by the government, she is concerned that her colleagues at Mount St John’s Medical Centre (MSJMC) have yet to benefit from it.
The government of Antigua and Barbuda decided to pay an honorarium of $1,000 per month to the diligent and self-sacrificing nurses who are on the frontlines, for as long as the COVID-19 crisis continues.
“I am indeed thankful that payment has started as it relates to the promised honorarium to frontline workers, and in particular nurses. I applaud the government for their efforts. But I am concerned about those at MSJMC. I have done my investigations and they have not yet received their money,” she said.