UPDATE: Prime Minister Keith Rowley is reminding citizens of what he said during a Press Conference on 17th July 2021 - that any Pfizer vaccines we receive from the United States will be used to vaccinate secondary school students. Close to 837,000 doses of Pfizer vaccines will be delivered to Caribbean islands, with more than 305,000 doses allocated to Trinidad and Tobago. This was announced by the U.S. Government on Wednesday (11th August 2021) and reported on by The Washington Post. During a Press Conference on Wednesday, Minister of Health, Terrence Deyalsingh, was asked by a journalist about the report and the Minister stated that he also read the report by The Washington Post. He indicated that we should first wait for an official announcement from the Ministry of Foreign and CARICOM Affairs or from the White House itself for confirmation. According to The Washington Post, the U.S. Government will deliver nearly 837,000 Pfizer vaccines to Caribbean nations, “as the region with limited resources struggles with a spike in COVID-19 cases amid violent anti-vaccine protests.” The Bahamas will receive 397,000 doses followed by Trinidad and Tobago with more than 305,000 doses. Barbados will receive 70,200 doses, while 35,100 are slated for St. Vincent and the Grenadines, 17,550 for Antigua and 11,700 for St. Kitts and Nevis. The report noted that the National Security Council’s Senior Director for the Western Hemisphere, Juan González, said “The Biden-Harris administration’s highest priority in the Americas today is managing and ending the COVID Pandemic and contributing to equitable recovery.” Thousands of specialized syringes required for the Pfizer vaccine will also be donated by the U.S. Government. Officials noted that the donations involved “significant legal and logistic complexity.” A White House Official said that in addition to the donation, USAID, which has provided more than $28 Million to help fourteen (14) Caribbean nations fight COVID-19, expects to announce additional funding soon. The Washington Post report said that the Caribbean region has reported more than 1.29 Million cases and more than 16,000 deaths, with some 10.7 Million people vaccinated so far, according to the Trinidad-based Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA). “Among the hardest hit Caribbean nations is Haiti, which on July 14 received its first vaccine shipment since the Pandemic began — 500,000 doses of the Moderna vaccine donated by the U.S. via the United Nations’ COVAX program for low-income countries. The country of more than 11 Million people has reported 20,400 confirmed cases and 575 deaths, although experts believe those numbers are severely underreported given a widespread lack of testing.” A National Security Council Spokeswoman told The Associated Press that the U.S. “will send a signification amount of additional doses to Haiti soon,” but further details were not immediately available. The Washington Post highlighted the fact that the announcement by the U.S. Government comes amid recent anti-vaccine protests in Guyana, Antigua and St. Vincent and the Grenadines, whose Prime Minister was “hit in the head with a rock last week and was briefly hospitalized.” The report concluded by stating, “Among the islands most struggling with a spike in COVID-19 cases are the Bahamas, Curacao, Martinique, Guadeloupe and Trinidad and Tobago.” This is a developing story - refresh this page for updates. [Source: The Washington Post]
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