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First vaccines to go to frontline workers

First vaccines to go to frontline workers Wednesday 17 February 2021 Nurse of Infection prevention and control, Kiesha Preevatt-Gomez shows a thumbs up after recieving the covid19 vaccine at the Couva hospital on Wednesday, with her is Health Minister Terrence Deyalsingh. - Marvin Hamilton Health Minister Terrence Deyalsingh said the 2,000 AstraZeneca vaccine doses received from Barbados will all be given out to frontline healthcare workers working in high-risk, high-exposure areas. Distribution of the vaccines began yesterday at the Couva Multi-Training Hospital Facility. Speaking at the Health Ministry s media briefing on Wednesday, he said the 2,000 doses will vaccinate 1,000 people, so it was essential that this first batch went to the highest-risk population.

Frontline healthcare workers receive first doses of Covid-19 vaccine

Frontline healthcare workers receive first doses of Covid-19 vaccine The Ministry of Health will begin its rollout of the Oxford/AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine today, Wednesday 17 February. First in line for the vaccine are frontline healthcare workers at the Couva Hospital and Training Facility. Minister of Health Terrence Deyalsingh announced the start of the rollout, using the 2,000 doses received from Barbados, at the Ministry of Health’s virtual media conference. Photo: Nurse Keisha Gomes Prevatt gets T&T’s first Covid-19 vaccine. (via TTT Online) The 2,000 vaccine doses, Deyalsingh said, was a gift to the Caricom region from India. On Sunday Barbados and Dominica received the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccines through the Indian government’s Vaccine Maitri initiative, which will donate 500,000 vaccines to the region.

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