PM appoints vaccine committee Prime Minister Dr. Hubert Minnis during a national address last night.
While noting that The Bahamas might experience a spike in COVID-19 cases before it obtains a vaccine, Prime Minister Dr. Hubert Minnis announced last night that Dr. Merceline Dahl-Regis, special health advisor to the Office of the Prime Minister, will chair the recently established COVID-19 Vaccine National Consultative Committee.
Dahl-Regis told
The Nassau Guardian that the committee will meet tomorrow.
She said committee members include Bishop Delton Fernander, president of the Bahamas Christian Council; Dr. Marcella Elliott-Ferguson, vice president of administrative services at the University of The Bahamas; Stephaine Dean, a retired public health nurse; Dr. Danny Davis, a consultant at the Ministry of Health; Ed Fields, tourism industry veteran; and Keith Cartwright.