Education Minister Priya Manickchand says her ministry will be guided by the Ministry of Health (MoH) on the roll out of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines to children ages 5 to 11.
According to the Education Minister, some 84,000 primary and 27,000 nursery school children will be able to receive the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine when the Ministry of Health begins distributing the vaccine to children ages 5 to 11. She made the announcement while at the National Centre for Educational Resource Development (NCERD), Kings-ton. Manickchand said that her ministry will be guided by the health ministry and will work along as they did for the distribution to adolescents ages 12 to 18.
On Friday’s COVID-19 Update, the Health Minister, Dr Frank Anthony said that during this week, the ministry will commence preparations for the roll out of the vaccine to children 5 to 11 years, following its recent approval for use by the regulatory agencies in the United States.
