January 4, 2021
More Jamaicans to receive COVID-19 vaccine when roll-out begins
The number of Jamaicans set to receive a coronavirus vaccine in the second quarter of the year has increased from one to five per cent.
The update was provided by
Chief Medical Officer (CMO), Dr Jacquiline Bisasor-McKenzie, at a virtual press
conference on Saturday.
Bisasor-McKenzie said, “Initially,
it was one per cent that we would receive in the second quarter, but this has
now increased to five per cent and what you will find is that as more vaccines
are approved, more manufacturing occurs, and the numbers may change.”
The vaccine will be made
available through COVID-19 Global Access Facility.
An estimated 16 per cent of
Jamaicans will receive the vaccine in the initial immunisation drive by year’s
end.
