With indications by Health and Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton that the Government’s ambitious COVID-19 vaccination roll-out plan stands to be staggered, not by the lack of potions but more by a shortage of personnel to administer the jabs, the Medical Association of Jamaica (MAJ) is signalling that its members are ready to help.

Jamaica is scheduled to receive a total 50,000 AstraZeneca vaccines tomorrow courtesy of India, triggering phase one of the Government’s inoculation programme. An additional 14,400 doses under the COVAX facility should reach the island on or before Thursday, March 11, part of an expected 124,800 doses, the remainder of which should arrive by May. All this will be in addition to another 1.8 million doses which should be supplied to Jamaica starting in April under the African medical supply platform.

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