COVID IN JAMAICA: More than 1,000 elders vaccinated with AstraZeneca at second blitz at the National Stadium — Health Ministry Sunday, April 04, 2021

Sunday, April 4, 2021

KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Ministry of Health and Wellness says some 1,038 people were inoculated with their first dose of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine yesterday at the second vaccination blitz at the National Arena.

Hazel Espeut receives her first jab of the AstraZeneca vaccine
 at the National Arena in Kingston today. (Photo: Joseph Wellington)

Individuals 75 years and older were registered and invited to receive the COVID-19 vaccines, but later in the day, people 60 years and older were also allowed to be vaccinated, the ministry said.

It noted that a different approach was employed, as the ministry introduced a community based intervention aimed at increasing participation in the COVID-19 vaccination implementation programme.

According to the ministry, this intervention saw five Members of Parliament (MPs) in the Kingston and St Andrew area mobilising their constituents to be vaccinated. more