Government has received 5, 000 COVID-19 vaccines from Guyana and is expecting a shipment of 33, 600 doses of COVID-19 vaccines from COVAX next month.
Prime Minister Mia Mottley disclosed Thursday evening, that it was the wild, wild west internationally in the search for COVID-19 vaccines. She indicated that due to the inequitable distribution of vaccines, Government was seeking to purchase vaccines outside of the COVAX facility. There is a great demand for vaccinations because people understand intrinsically that if we are going to turn the corner the more Barbadians that can be vaccinated, the better for us in terms of being able to achieve herd immunity, said the Prime Minister.
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Prime Minister Keith Rowley chairs Day 2 of the 32nd Intersessional CARICOM Heads of Government Meeting yesterday.
Caricom leaders have said they “dissatisfied and deeply concerned” about the inequitable access to vaccines for small developing states.
“As the virus does not discriminate, access to vaccines should not be discriminatory, with a few countries dominating the market with their resources and their volumes. Heads of Government noted that to date, even countries with the funds to purchase, have been unable to procure and receive vaccines through commercial arrangements, given the relatively small volumes which they seek,” Caricom said in a communique issued at the end of the two-day inter-sessional meeting.