More than 15,000 vaccinations administered so far
NASSAU, BAHAMAS As rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine continues, the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) yesterday announced expansion of the list of those eligible to include anyone 50 years old and over, restaurant workers, retail workers and people with disabilities and their caregivers.
The expansion comes as The Bahamas seeks to inoculate 80 percent of the population and as health officials grapple with vaccine hesitancy among some members of society.
Governor General CA Smith receives his first dose of the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine at Loyola Hall, Gladstone Road, last month.
The OPM statement noted that vaccination appointments can be made via the website https://vax.gov.bs for the Kendal G L Isaacs National Gymnasium; Loyola Hall, Gladstone Road; Church of God of Prophecy, East Street; Baha Mar; Atlantis, Paradise Island; and the Susan J Wallace Community Center, Grand Bahama.
Cases trend since Nov 1. tourism reopening “promising”
NASSAU, BAHAMAS Director of the National HIV/AIDS and Infectious Disease Programme Dr Nikkiah Forbes said yesterday that while new cases of the coronavirus in The Bahamas continue to be maintained in the single digits, there could still be a surge of cases stemming from the Thanksgiving holiday and associated travel in the days that followed.
In an interview with
Eyewitness News, Forbes said: “We’re still in the waiting period. Thanksgiving was the 25
th of November. And that was exactly two weeks ago now. But we know that around that holiday weekend people traveled…