Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine available to general public

The Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine is now available to members of the general public, aged 18 and up, from today, Friday, August 20th.

The Immunisation Unit says it will allow members of the public to walk into the vaccination centres today, as well as Saturday, August 21st, and Sunday, August 22nd, to receive first doses of the vaccine of their choosing, either the Pfizer or Sinopharm. It has cautioned however, that there might be a wait depending on how many people show up to be vaccinated.

The website, vaccine.gov.bb, will open for bookings later this weekend for appointments starting Monday, August 23rd, as the process will be done by appointment after Sunday. Individuals will get to select one of the two available vaccines when they go to book the location, date and time of their vaccinations.

The centres which will facilitate walk-ins for the Pfizer rollout today, Friday are the Masonic Centre, Salters, St. George; the Sea Rocks Dome, Maxwell Coast Road, Christ Church; Building No.2, Harbour Industrial Park, St. Michael, and the Sharon Moravian Church Hall, Sharon, St. Thomas.

It will continue on Saturday, at the Winston Scott Polyclinic, Jemmotts Lane, St. Michael; the Masonic Centre and Sea Rocks Dome for members of the public, and at the University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus, St. Michael, for students and staff.

The sites operating on Sunday, will be Building No.2, Harbour Industrial Park and the Seventh-Day Adventist Church in Mile-and-a-Quarter, St. Peter.

The Immunisation Unit is also inviting individuals who had their first dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine before July 4th and have not received an email or telephone call from the Unit, to visit any of the centres this week and next week to receive their second dose.

The vaccination sites open from 10:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. daily.

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