PAHO: 40% of all covid19 deaths last week were in the Americas
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File photo: People arrive at the vaccincation centre set up at the paddock, Queen s Park Savannah, in Port of Spain on April 25 to get their shot of the covid19 vaccine. Photo by Vidya Thurab
Nearly 40 per cent of all covid19-related deaths recorded last week took place in the Latin American and Caribbean region.
PAHO head Dr Carissa Etienne revealed this grim statistic during a PAHO press briefing on covid19 in the Americas on Wednesday.
Etienne said more than 1.3 million people – almost as many as the population of Trinidad and Tobago – were infected.
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DIRECTOR of Health at the North West Regional Health Authority (NWRHA) Dr Anthony Parkinson says the use of the Paddock at the Queen s Park Savannah, Port of Spain, has been successful as a vaccination distribution site thus far.
Parkinson, speaking with Newsday outside the venue on Tuesday, suggested the rollout would happen faster and more effectively if similar sites are opened, although the smaller vaccination centres were operating smoothly.
He said some 1,300 doses were administered the previous day and this would probably increase by another 1,500 by the end of Tuesday.
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