Deyalsingh: Covid19 vaccine will be free of charge
Health Minister Terrence Deyalsingh
Health Minister Terrence Deyalsingh said when the covid19 vaccine becomes available to the population at large, “all human beings” including non-nationals, would have access to it free of charge.
He recalled that in 2019 Cabinet approved the provision of public health care to non-nationals including “immunisation and treatment of communicable diseases” and “other high-risk infectious diseases.”
He reminded that under the Covax facility, TT would receive vaccines approved by the World Health Organization. And although the Pfizer vaccine has been approved for emergency use in the United States, UK, Canada, Bahrain and Saudi Arabia, no covid19 vaccine has been approved by WHO.
Active covid19 cases down to 616
Saturday 12 December 2020
There are 12 new cases of covid19 in TT, including one recently repatriated person, bringing the number of positive cases to 6,864. However, the number of active cases went down to 616, according to the Ministry of Health s update at 4 pm on Saturday.
Earlier, Health Minister Terrence Deyalsingh noted the last death due to covid19 was on December 2, which was the last of nine over the past 21 days.
Health Minister Terrence Deyalsingh. -
During the Health Ministry’s virtual press conference on Saturday morning, he praised the people of TT for following the health regulations as the number of new covid19 cases has decreased, and so have the deaths.