[UPDATED] Trinidad and Tobago gets second batch of Covax covid19 vaccines

The second shipment of vaccines from the Covax facility has arrived in Trinidad and Tobago. This tranche, which consists of 33,600 doses, arrived at 11.59 am on Monday.

In a post on its Facebook page, the Health Ministry showed Health Minister Terrence Deyalsingh and Pan-American Health Organization representative Dr Erica Wheeler on the tarmac with the shipment.

TT received its first batch of 33,600 doses on March 30 and had previously got 2,000 doses from Barbados and 40,000 from India.

A release from the ministry on Thursday said "This second delivery of vaccines from the Covax facility and the remaining doses of vaccines donated by the Government of India will now be held to guarantee the second dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine for those who received the first dose."

Vaccination drives in both Trinidad and Tobago have been heavily attended, as people are eager to be vaccinated.

As of Monday at 4 pm, 60,245 people had been vaccinated with their first dose, and 1,100 people had received their second doses.

Guyana and Suriname also received their second tranche of covid19 AstraZeneca vaccines through Covax on Monday. Guyana got 38,400 doses, and Suriname 28,800.

Barbados, the Bahamas and Belize will each receive 33,600 doses on Tuesday, St Lucia will get 26,400 doses on Wednesday and the Dominican Republic will receive 187,200 doses on Friday.