Ministry of Health and Wellness Restocks COVID Vaccine Supply

The Ministry of Health and Wellness has restocked its supply of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines. A donation of ten-thousand doses of AstraZeneca vaccines arrived in Belize yesterday from the Government of India. This is the second direct donation of vaccines that India has provided to Belize. A release from the Government of Belize notes its gratitude to the people and Government of India for the donation of vaccines. In the same release, M.O.H.W. reminded Belizeans that unvaccinated persons are twenty four times more likely to suffer from severe illness and die due to COVID-19 when compared with vaccinated individual. Unvaccinated Belizeans are being encouraged to get vaccinated.