The World Health Organization’s, Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunization (SAGE) has recommended that moderately and severely immunocompromised persons should be offered an additional dose of COVID-19 vaccines approved for emergency use. In an update...
Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Jacquiline Bisasor McKenzie says currently there is no recommendation from the World Health Organization (WHO) to support booster doses or the mixing of vaccines. Dr. Bisasor McKenzie noted that the emphasis, therefore, remains on the...
Some 85,000 Jamaicans should begin to receive their long-anticipated second doses of the Pfizer vaccine, come November 1, as two shipments are expected this weekend. Speaking on Tuesday, October 26, during a virtual COVID-19 press briefing, Health Minister, Dr....
The Ministry of Health and Wellness is expecting a shipment of the Pfizer vaccine within the next two to four weeks. Children 12 years and older and persons who are due their second dose will be prioritized. The announcement comes a little less than a month after the...
Opposition Spokesperson on Education, Dr. Angela Brown Burke is weighing in on the announcement of the more than 40,000 students that have so far, received their first dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine. This comes as the Government has suspended the first dose...
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