The Ministry of Health continues to assert that no one who has received the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine in Trinidad and Tobago has had any serious side effect. “At this point in time, after administering over 16,000 vaccines, [the ministry] has no recorded adverse events,” principal medical officer Dr Maryam Abool-Richards said …
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Chief medical officer (CMO) Dr Roshan Parasram said that the benefits of taking the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine far outweighed the risk of blood clots linked to the vaccine, which he said was rare. “In terms of incidence what they’ve noted in the international population, it’s anywhere between four out of a …
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Despite months of preparation for the rollout of the Ministry of Health’s vaccination programme, health officials are struggling to manage the volume of requests for vaccines. Principal medical officer, Dr Maryam Abdool Richards, said: “We have received concerns from members of the population regarding the time taken to reach the …
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The first shipment of 33,600 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine arrived in Trinidad and Tobago on Tuesday. Minister of Health Terrence Deyalsingh said that with these shots, the health ministry will begin its vaccine rollout on Tuesday 6 April. According to chief medical officer Dr Roshan Parasram, the vaccines will …
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Last week marked the first anniversary of the declaration by the World Health Organisation (WHO) that the Covid 19 virus had become a pandemic. This was a very unhappy anniversary because well over two million persons worldwide have since died. Added to the direct consequence of death, the virus has …
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South Africa has suspended use of the Oxford/AstraZeneca Covid-19 after it was shown to be less effective against the Sars-Cov-2 variant dominant in that country. Some countries in Europe have also decided to restrict the use of the AstraZeneca vaccine due to questions over its efficacy in older populations. France, …
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Trinidad and Tobago, with a population of 1.4 million, has been promised enough vaccines for between 50,000 to 60,000 persons this March, according to Minister of Health Terrence Deyalsingh. Deyalsingh made the announcement yesterday during the 2021 Trinidad and Tobago Medical Association (TTMA) Virtual Presidential Inauguration and Conferring of Honours ceremony. The …
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