By Sue-Ann Wayow
TRINIDAD and Tobago is about to receive more than 300,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine from the United States.
In an article by the Washington Post, it stated that on Wednesday, the US government said that it 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 the most doses of 397,000 doses followed by Trinidad and Tobago with more than 305,000 doses. Barbados will receive 70,200 doses, while 35,100 are carded for St. Vincent and the Grenadines, 17,550 for Antigua and 11,700 for St Kitts and Nevis.
Health Minister Terrence Deyalsingh had said once the Pfizer vaccines arrive, it will be exclusively for children ages 12 and over.
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