By Sue-Ann Wayow
PARENTS are again being urged to allow their children in the five to 11 age group to have the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine as school is about to resume next month.
Health Minister Terrence Deyalsingh speaking at the Ministry of Health’s virtual Covid-19 update on Wednesday said the final first dose of that vaccine will be given on September 30.
He said this would allow four weeks for the second dose.
The 43,200 doses of vaccines were a donation from Spain and will expire on October 31.
“Don’t wait until then… Take advantage of the offer now. Don’t wait until it is too late. We don’t know what variant is around the corner. We don’t know what is around the corner with Covid,” Deyalsingh said.
He advised parents to be proactive and have their children to be vaccinated.
Currently 51.2% of the population is vaccinated against Covid-19.
Vaccines in stock
Deyalsingh also gave an update as to how many Covid-19 vaccines, Trinidad and Tobago has remaining.
Of the Sinopharm vaccine, the available balance is 247,583 with an expiration date of June 2023.
The number of Johnson and Johnson vaccines left is 186,285 with some expiring in May 2023 and some expiring in July 2023.
The AstraZeneca vaccines and adult Pfizer vaccines, all previous stocks were exhausted with many not used had to be destroyed after they expired.
