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DRS. LAWS AND WILKINSON WILLING TO GET COVID-19 VACCINE PUBLICLY

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January 8, 2021
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DRS. LAWS AND WILKINSON WILLING TO GET COVID-19 VACCINE PUBLICLY

L-R: CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER DR. HAZEL LAWS; MEDICAL CHIEF OF STAFF AT JNF GENERAL HOSPITAL DR. CAMERON WILKINSON

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Basseterre, St. Kitts, January 08, 2021 (SKNIS): Two senior health officials in St. Kitts and Nevis, who have been at the forefront of crafting the successful COVID-19 health and safety protocols, are prepared to take the lead in being inoculated when COVID-19 vaccines become available in the twin-island Federation.

On Wednesday, Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Dr. Hazel Laws and Medical Chief of Staff of the Joseph N. France General Hospital Dr. Cameron Wilkinson signalled that they are willing to take the jab publicly to reassure residents.

“I believe in the safety and efficacy of the vaccine and (when) the vaccine becomes available and if I am considered [to be] on the priority list, I will be happy to take it right here on this programme so that we can demonstrate to the entire nation that the vaccine is safe,” Dr. Wilkinson said on this week’s National Emergency Operations Centre COVID-19 Briefing on January 06, 2021.

CMO Laws supported Dr. Wilkinson’s stance noting, however, that she would avoid taking the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine due to her aggressive allergic reactions. Health professionals advise persons with severe allergic responses not to take the vaccine manufactured by Pfizer-BioNTech.

Instead, she said that she will take “probably the Moderna or the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine.”

As for the timeline when a vaccine may be made available for use in St. Kitts and Nevis, Dr. Laws estimated that it may be some time in the second quarter of 2021.

“Anywhere between April, May, June. That’s the projected timeline. However, once we are told specifically the date, the general public will be informed,” the CMO indicated.

St. Kitts and Nevis has signed on to the COVID-19 Vaccine Global Access Facility (COVAX) and will receive enough vaccines to cover 20 percent of the population in the initial stages. The Republic of China (Taiwan) has also pledged financial assistance of US$600,000 to purchase vaccines for the twin-island Federation.
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