lrolle@tribunemedia.net Health Minister Renward Wells has stressed that whichever COVID-19 vaccine the government chooses to implement will be a safe and effective one. He was responding to questions from the media yesterday concerning former Health Minister Dr Duane Sands’ recommendations that The Bahamas should conduct its own independent investigations into new COVID vaccines before widely distributing them to the public. Dr Sands also said there should be a comprehensive look at the vaccines now coming into use. Asked to respond to Dr Sands’ recommendations yesterday, Mr Wells said the Ministry of Health’s record of vaccination distribution speaks for itself, adding the agency has been successful in vaccinating the public against other infectious diseases in the past.