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440 health care workers get covid19 vaccine

440 health care workers get covid19 vaccine In this file photo, a health worker holds a vial with the covid19 vaccine. A total of 440 health care workers have taken the covid19 vaccine so far, the Ministry of Health said on Monday during a virtual press conference. Health Minister Terrence Deyalsingh said the ministry is almost halfway through its goal of inoculating 1,000 of the most at-risk healthcare workers in the shortest time possible. So far the North Central Regional Health Authority has vaccinated 293 people, the South West Regional Health Authority 113 and on Saturday, the Tobago Regional Health Authority vaccinated 34 people. Deyalsingh added that RHAs are now engaging internal staff to seek out those willing to take the vaccine.

Teachers among first to receive COVID-19 vaccine

Teachers will be among the first groups of citizens to receive the much anticipated COVID-19 vaccine when it reaches our shores. The revelation came from Minister of Health Terrence Deyalsingh during a press conference with the Prime Minister yesterday. It comes as the Government proceeds as planned with its partial reopening of schools on Monday. The country is expected to receive the first batch of 100,000 to 120,000 doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine from the COVAX facility by early March. First on the list to receive the shots are frontline healthcare workers such as those working in clinics, accident and emergency departments and with COVID-19 patients. They would be followed by those receiving care for non-communicable diseases within the public sector and the elderly in long-stay homes. Following these segments, teachers would be among essential workers to receive it. “Those are workers that we need to keep the country running. Those would be your protective se

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