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14 April, 2021, 6:00 pm
United Nations resident co-ordinator in Fiji Sanaka Samarasinha gets his COVID-19 vaccine injection from staff nurse Ilaitia Camadrokadroka at the Vodafone Arena in Suva on Tuesday, April 13, 2021. Picture: JONACANI LALAKOBAU
IT is very important to be completely transparent about the risks that any vaccine would carry, says United Nations resident co-ordinator in Fiji Sanaka Samarasinha.
He made the comment yesterday before taking the COVID-19 vaccine at the Vodafone Arena in Suva.
When quizzed by the media if he was aware of the risks of taking the AstraZeneca (AZ) jab, Mr Samarasinha said the risks were “minimal”.
“So if you consider the issue of blood clots, which a lot of people have asked me, the number of cases of blood clots after AstraZeneca, is in fact, less than the number of cases of blood clots in the general population whether or not you take the vaccine,” he said.
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13 April, 2021, 3:19 pm
A nurse administers the COVID-19 vaccine to a member of the public at the Vodafone Arena in Suva today - Tuesday, April 13, 2021. Picture: JONACANI LALAKOBAU
“COVID-19 does not make any distinction between a country or a resident and so we need to ensure that all of those that live in Fiji and are eligible to take the vaccine do take the vaccine,” says United Nations resident coordinator in Fiji Sanaka Samarasinha.
He made the comments today before taking the COVID-19 jab together with the many Fijians who were queued up at the Vodafone Arena in Suva to get vaccinated.
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