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JABS FOR ALL: US donates massive supply of Pfizer with 128,000 arriving today

Thu, Aug 12th 2021, 09:09 AM
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THE race to vaccinate Bahamians and curb the spread of COVID-19 will gain a huge boost today when 128,700 doses of the Pfizer vaccine arrive in the country through a donation by the government of the United States, Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis announced yesterday.

This will be the first tranche of 397,000 Pfizer vaccine doses the US government will donate to this country.
#The Bahamas will receive around half of 837k vaccines the United States is donating to Caribbean countries, according to international reports.
#Three hundred and five thousand doses are planned for Trinidad and Tobago, 70,200 for Barbados, 35,100 for St Vincent and the Grenadines, 17,550 for Antigua and 11,700 for St Kitts and Nevis.
#The vaccine news comes as residents appear to show a greater appetite to receive the jab amid escalating hospitalisation and death rates and fears the Delta variant is spreading in the country.
#“With regard to vaccines, we are nearing the full capacity to bring much of the emergency period of the COVID-19 pandemic to an end,” Dr Minnis said.
#He noted the Pfizer vaccine will be available to 12-17 year olds with the consent of their parents and guardians.
#Dr Minnis said 1,689 COVID-19 Oxford-AstraZeneca doses were administered on Tuesday, 73 percent of which were first doses. He said there are over 7,500 vaccine appointments scheduled this week in New Providence and Grand Bahama.
#“If you were to drive by the vaccine centres, you would note that the centres and Bahamians are reporting in droves,” he said. “I want to reassure and reconfirm to the Bahamian populace that we will have sufficient vaccines for each and every individual so that they can be protected.”
#Dr Minnis encouraged people to help as volunteers with the vaccination process. He said with additional volunteers, the country could start administering as much as 3,000 vaccine doses per day.

This will be the first tranche of 397,000 Pfizer vaccine doses the US government will donate to this country.

The Bahamas will receive around half of 837k vaccines the United States is donating to Caribbean countries, according to international reports.

Three hundred and five thousand doses are planned for Trinidad and Tobago, 70,200 for Barbados, 35,100 for St Vincent and the Grenadines, 17,550 for Antigua and 11,700 for St Kitts and Nevis.

The vaccine news comes as residents appear to show a greater appetite to receive the jab amid escalating hospitalisation and death rates and fears the Delta variant is spreading in the country.

“With regard to vaccines, we are nearing the full capacity to bring much of the emergency period of the COVID-19 pandemic to an end,” Dr Minnis said.

He noted the Pfizer vaccine will be available to 12-17 year olds with the consent of their parents and guardians.

Dr Minnis said 1,689 COVID-19 Oxford-AstraZeneca doses were administered on Tuesday, 73 percent of which were first doses. He said there are over 7,500 vaccine appointments scheduled this week in New Providence and Grand Bahama.

“If you were to drive by the vaccine centres, you would note that the centres and Bahamians are reporting in droves,” he said. “I want to reassure and reconfirm to the Bahamian populace that we will have sufficient vaccines for each and every individual so that they can be protected.”

Dr Minnis encouraged people to help as volunteers with the vaccination process. He said with additional volunteers, the country could start administering as much as 3,000 vaccine doses per day.

 

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