THE roll-out of the Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson vaccines will start this weekend in Grand Bahama at the Christ the King Hall, where already 1,000 vaccination appointments have been booked for Saturday and Sunday.

Danny Davis, of the National COVID-19 Vaccination Consultative Committee, reported that both vaccines also will be available at the Susan J Wallace Centre starting Monday, representing another 1,200 booked appointments.

He noted that three other vaccination sites have also been designated in three settlements, including Eight Mile Rock, Hunters, and West End, starting from Monday and Tuesday of next week.

“We are trying to do a mass rollout, and…we are actually going to be in operation administering the vaccines on Saturday and Sunday of this week at the CTKH. We have 1,000 appointments booked already, and we are taking walk-ins.”

Mr Davis said vaccinations on Saturday and Sunday will be administered from 9am to 4pm at Christ the King Hall. He stressed that persons with an appointment should arrive at the allotted time and not several hours before.

Mr Davis suggested that people arrive at least 15 minutes before their appointment time.

The Central Zion Baptist Church, in Pinedale, Eight Mile Rock, will be open for vaccinations on Monday between 9am to 7pm, and on Tuesday, from 3pm to 7pm.

In West End, people can go to the Mary Magdalene Church Hall on Tuesday between 9am and noon.

In Hunters, vaccinations will be administered at the YMCA on Tuesday from 3pm - 7pm; and on Wednesday from 9am to noon.

Mr Davis said the aim is to make it convenient for everybody to get their shot with times scheduled for morning and afternoon hours.

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