Covid-weary Trinidadians take the vaccine
(Trinidad Express) The Eastern Regional Health Authority has seen a doubling in the number of people for the Covid-19 vaccine.
Speaking during Monday’s Ministry of Health press briefing Chief Executive Officer of the ERHA Ronald Tsoi-a-Fatt said an average of 433 people were being vaccinated per day at their centres. He said prior the figure was “less than half of that.”
He added, “We are seeing an increase in the uptake. The population is more interested now in taking the vaccines and we are dealing with that uptake.” He described it as an encouraging sign.
He said a total of 20,319 vaccine doses had been administered, thus far, throughout the eastern region and its centres.
Tsoi-a-Fatt explained that the ERHA covers one third of Trinidad and included areas of from Matelot to Guayaguayare including Sangre Grande, Valencia, Cumuto, Biche, Brothers Road, Rio Claro and Manzanilla.
“Our vaccination programme takes into consideration the widespread area and the challenges associated with a scattered and but fairly defined population settlement throughout the region,” he said.
Tsoi-a-Fatt said the AstraZeneca and Sinopharm first doses had been administered at the Sangre Grande Enhanced Health Centre, Toco Health Centre and the Mayaro and Rio Claro Health Facility
The ERHA had also managed the mass vaccination site at the Racquet Centre in Tacarigua.
The CEO updated on the second doses of AstraZeneca which began today. He advised that
those who received vaccines at the Tacarigua Racquet Centre and the San Grande Enhanced Centre will receive their shots at the Tacarigua Racquet Centre.
The Mayaro Sporting Complex will be the site for the second doses for those who got their first dose at the Mayaro District Health Facility and at the
Rio Claro Health Facility. The Cumana Outreach Centre will be for clients who had their first shots at the Toco Health Centre.