Vaccine uptake continues to rise after new COVID measures

The Ministry of Health continues to record an increase in vaccinations against COVID-19 since the implementation of the new emergency measures.

Health Minister Dr Frank Anthony yesterday reported during his daily COVID-19 update that the Health Ministry has seen over 4,000 persons going to vaccination sites to receive within the preceding 24 hours.

“Since the new measure have gone into place, a lot of people have been coming forward to receive their vaccine and we are very pleased about that,” he said, while adding that a total of 4,613 persons received vaccines at the 113 active immunization sites in operation. He noted that 3,972 of those persons received first doses, while 641 received second shots.