Well being Care staff to manage the jab from subsequent Tuesday

Due to the British authorities, Barbados acquired its first batch of 14 400 pediatric Pfizer vaccines on Friday.

The presentation was made by British Excessive Commissioner Scott Furssedonn-Wooden and warmly welcomed by Minister of Well being Ian Gooding-Edghill who mentioned the medicines would go a great distance in serving to Barbados to advance its combat towards COVID-19.

In a press convention held on the Grantley Adams Worldwide Airport, the minister mentioned this donation spoke to the deep relationship between the 2 governments.

Thanking the Excessive Commissioner, the minister mentioned healthcare staff can be skilled to manage the vaccines and kids would be capable to get the jab from Tuesday on the Vaccination Centre on the Harbour Street, St Michael. He added that full schedules for the out there centres can be launched by the Authorities Data Service.

Furssedonn-Wooden mentioned he was happy with the general public response to vaccination and was impressed by the efforts of the Mia Mottley administration to guard Barbados.

He mentioned this donation, coupled along with his authorities’s current donation of AstraZeneca vaccines, would assist enhance the island’s resilience.

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