February 9, 2021
Declaring he will take the COVID-19 vaccine which he has described as the only bullet to take out the coronavirus, prominent family physician Dr Adrian Lorde has urged Barbadians to join him.
Dr Lorde said: “Studies have shown that if you take one jab now and one in 12 weeks effectiveness is extremely good, almost as good as those other vaccines.
“So when offered, go ahead and get your vaccine. Let’s wait and see how these vaccines are going to be rolled out. I don’t like needles, but if it is going to stop me from lying down at Harrison’s Point and a mask on my face lying face down, I would take it.”
Barbados expects 100, 000 AstraZeneca vaccine doses this week
Article by February 7, 2021
Barbados is in line to receive 100, 000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine later this week and several of the island’s top medical professionals are fully on board with the move to vaccinate the population.
Public Health Specialist and National Co-Coordinator of the National COVID-19 Vaccination Campaign Dr Elizabeth Ferdinand told a press conference this evening: “We are getting an AstraZeneca vaccine and we are supposed to be getting a 100, 000 doses.”
She insisted that the vaccine, which has already been rolled out in some of the world’s largest countries, is “safe and suitable”.