The mixed Covid-19 doses of the AstraZeneca and Moderna vaccine is now approved by the World Health Organization (WHO) and is therefore being accepted by the Ministry of Health.
In a press release on Friday, the ministry stated Trinidad and Tobago has therefore updated its list of approved Covid-19 vaccines and vaccine combinations to accommodate the vaccine combination of first dose AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine and second dose Moderna Covid-19 which is the second WHO approved vaccine combination.
The other mixed dose of vaccine being accepted by the Government is first dose AstraZeneca and second dose Pfizer which was approved on June 15.
The announcement by the ministry comes after a video of a Canadian went viral after he returned to Canada because he did not have the approved vaccine mix.
The Ministry of Health reminded the public that it will continue to administer only WHO approved vaccines which includes the Pfizer-BioNTech, AstraZeneca, Janssen (Johnson & Johnson), Moderna, Sinopharm and the Sinovac–CoronaVac.
Presently, the AstraZeneca and the Sinopharm are being administered to the population.
The ministry stated, “The public is reminded that a person is considered to be fully vaccinated two weeks after receiving the final recommended vaccine dose(s) of a WHO-approved vaccine or vaccine combination as indicated above.”
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