The Bahamas received 48,000 doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines under a collaboration between the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) and the Governments of Canada and Colombia.
The vaccines, facilitated through the PAHO Revolving Fund, arrived at the Lynden Pindling International Airport on Wednesday.
The Bahamas has seen a decline in the number of reported COVID-19 cases in recent weeks. PAHO/WHO has provided support to the country in the design and implementation of vaccination programmes, training health care workers to administer COVID-19 vaccines, ensuring the cold chain and other technical aspects necessary for an effective campaign.
The donation is part of a collaboration between PAHO/WHO and the Government of Canada to provide additional COVID-19 vaccines to populations in situations of vulnerability in the Americas. This effort has also benefitted from financial support by the Colombian Presidential Agency for International Cooperation (APC – Colombia), through its Fund for International Cooperation and Assistance (FOCAI).
Dr Eldonna Boisson, The PAHO/WHO Representative for The Bahamas and Turks and Caicos Islands, said that “With this donation, The Bahamas expects to continue expanding vaccination coverage, which to date is more than 40% of the eligible population.”
Emina Tudakovic, High Commissioner of Canada to The Bahamas and Jamaica, stated that “Canada and The Bahamas have a longstanding partnership and friendship, and we are very pleased to have contributed towards this donation of 48,000 vaccines via PAHO/WHO. Canada is committed to supporting equitable global access to COVID-19 vaccines and trust that these vaccines will contribute to the strong public health response of The Bahamas.”
Vaccine donations are procured through the PAHO Revolving Fund, which facilitates access to additional doses of COVID-19 vaccine in countries and territories of the Americas.
Comments
JokeyJack 2 years, 4 months ago
Didn't Elvis write a song called "Return to Sender" ?
ThisIsOurs 2 years, 4 months ago
Said before that I do not understand what the hysteria is about Omicron. We are making the exact same mistake that we made with the original strain and with delta. We are acting because "they" say we should and not based on OUR data
From cnn.com
"On Saturday, New York state broke its record for the highest single-day Covid-19 CASE COUNT since the beginning of the pandemic (break out the tin foil hats) for a second consecutive day. Gov. Kathy Hochul's office reported 21,908 positive Covid-19 cases, up from 21,027 on Friday. Covid-19 HOSPITALIZATIONS across the state remained relatively LOW at 3,909, compared to a peak of 18,825 Covid-19 related hospitalizations on April 13, 2020, according to available data.
The DATA says, while case counts may be over the roof, it hasnt translated to mass hospitalizations... and they dont even mention a death count. So why the hysteria??? And no mention of who is being hospitalized. Elderly, immunocomprised, obese??
Keep in mind what else the data says, if these people arent being hospitalized enmasse, more people could just be checking to see if theyre infected most likely driven by hysteria generated by the media and ominous sounding Omicron.
And look at that excerpt, they literally reported an increase of 1 case and made it sound like the sky was falling.
ohdrap4 2 years, 4 months ago
Not to mention that more than 70% of cases are incidental, people who go to hospital for non covid conditions.
The alarm comes from :
They even said the boosters have no effect on transmission. And now you cannot even be shamed into "doing it for grammy", it is just to hopefully stop you from going to hospital.
Glad the FNM gone. We might have been locked down by now and corned beef and potato chips banned.
JokeyJack 2 years, 4 months ago
Lions and tigers and Omicrons, oh my!!!
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