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Professor Peter Figueroa, one of Jamaica’s leading epidemiologists, said that if visitors from the United Kingdom (UK) to Jamaica in the last few weeks were observing strict quarantine measures, the risk of transmission of a new variant of coronavirus would be reduced locally. Reports in the UK media said that the mutation is 70 per cent more contagious than the SARS-CoV2 strain first detected by scientists in early December. Figueroa pointed out, however, that there was no evidence that the new variant was more virulent or made people any sicker. The public health professor said that if established protocols such as the wearing of masks in public, washing of hands and physical distancing are observed, the virus will be contained. ....
Article by Social Share THE FIRST, small batch of COVID-19 vaccines are not expected in Barbados or the rest of the Caribbean before March next year and supply to the region is already under threat from big countries snapping up doses through direct deals with manufacturers. Word of this came last Friday from University of the West Indies (UWI) Professor Peter Figueroa, a member of the World Health Organisation (WHO) SAGE Working Group on COVID Vaccines, in an online UWI Vice-Chancellor’s Forum on COVID-19 Vaccination via UWI TV. “Low and middle income countries are unlikely to get vaccines before March or April and it will be very little initially. We’ll get a bit more in the middle of the year and then we’ll get some more towards the end of the year,” ....
Figueroa: Don't make COVID vaccine mandatory for at-risk groups jamaicaobserver.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from jamaicaobserver.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
peter.christopher @guardian.co.tt Even with the emergence of vaccines, the public should not expect to step away from mask-wearing and other COVID precautions in the near future. Jamaican doctor and professor, Peter Figueroa, warned the COVID-19 vaccines despite early results being encouraging still had far too many unknown quantities with regard to its overall effectiveness. “The vaccines are not a silver bullet, we still need the non-pharmaceutical measures, the mask and the hand hygiene, the physical distancing and avoiding crowds, especially indoors,” said Figueroa while addressing the University of the West Indies Vice-Chancellor’s Forum on COVID-19 Vaccination yesterday. ....
Public Health Professor Not In Agreement With Tourism Workers Being Among First Batch To Get COVID Vaccine radiojamaicanewsonline.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from radiojamaicanewsonline.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.