COVID-19 Vaccines Coming Soon

John Briceño

According to Prime Minister John Briceño, the government is insisting on its quota of vaccines through COVAX. The government has made a down payment, and the vaccine allocation should cover thirty-percent of the population. The first shipment is expected to arrive at the end of March. Briceño says the Ministry of Health and Wellness has already begun working on a roll-out plan.

Prime Minister John Briceño

“Certainly, the Ministry of Health Minister Chebat has been keeping informed under the COVAX agreement, we are going to get enough for thirty percent of the population. We have already done the down payment. The next step is that the Ministry just at the last cabinet meeting said that he is going to, next week or shortly, will give us a plan as to the roll out for the vaccine. We have already committed that the frontline workers are going to be the first one to get the vaccines. But whilst we working at that, we are looking at other opportunities.”