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Cabinet: Vaccinations to continue against CMO advice. Second doses will not be saved
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The cabinet has decided to continue the public vaccination process despite nearing the halfway mark of available doses. The Chief Medical Officer reportedly advised the cabinet to pause at the half-way mark to save enough for the second dose. The cabinet notes state “the CMO proposed that one half of the total be stored so that the second dose can be on hand to be administered in May and in June 2021”. However, the cabinet decided, “seven to ten thousand additional doses will continue to be applied, with the expectation that at least 14,000 doses will be secured through COVAX of PAH0/WHO by the end of April 2021”.
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HURST REPORTS ON CABINET OF Wednesday January 13 2021
The Cabinet met both face-to-face and virtually, three members choosing to participate by virtual means. The custom of the Gaston Browne-led Cabinet is to invite experts and government officials to Cabinet in order to enhance the body’s decision-making.1.The Cabinet invited the Chief Medical Officer, the Chairman of the National Technical Commission responsible for crafting Covid-19 policy, and the Head of the Government’s Laboratory to appear before the body in order to provide guidance on the policies which are to govern, now that the USA and the UK (and most likely Canada, also) now require all those passengers entering their territories to provide a Covid-19 Negative certificate. The UK requirement will commence on January 21, and the US requirement on January 26, 2021.The need for more testing and a rapid turnaround, given