National vaccine committee to hold press conference on rollout at 3pm tomorrow
NASSAU, BAHAMAS Following a temporary pause over the weekend, COVID-19 vaccinations on New Providence are resuming this week with two additional centers, the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) announced yesterday.
“Two new community COVID-19 vaccination sites have been added to service more walk-up appointments and increase access to the vaccine, the National COVID-19 Vaccine Consultative Committee has announced,” read an OPM statement.
Princess Margaret Hospital (PMH) Chaplain Fr Sebastian Campbell receives his first shot of the Oxford AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine on Wednesday, March 17, 2021. (BIS PHOTO/LETISHA HENDERSON)
The second jab could cause worse flu-like symptoms
NASSAU, BAHAMAS Dr. Nikkiah Forbes, director of the National HIV/AIDS and Infectious Disease Programm, said yesterday that it is highly probable as COVID-19 mutates and emerges with new strains that there will be a need for booster COVID vaccines or for vaccines to be tweaked to cover these variants.
Her comments follow Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla who said people will likely need a third dose of a COVID-9 vaccine within 12 months of getting fully vaccinated, and annual COVID vaccination is possible.
In February, Johnson and Johnson CEO Alex Gorsky said people may need to get vaccinated against COVID-19 annual like flu shots.