RAD­HI­CA DE SIL­VA

rad­hi­ca.sookraj

@guardian.co.tt

Vac­ci­na­tions have slowed down dras­ti­cal­ly in South Trinidad, with on­ly 1,300 peo­ple be­ing vac­ci­nat­ed at 35 cen­tres man­aged by the South­west Re­gion­al Health Au­thor­i­ty on Tues­day.

Pre­vi­ous­ly, be­tween 4,000 to 5,000 vac­ci­na­tions would have been done at the height of the vac­ci­na­tion pe­ri­od.

All 31 health cen­tres, three pub­lic health in­sti­tu­tions, SAPA and Pow­er­gen have been opened up to fa­cil­i­tate vac­ci­na­tions. Da­ta com­piled from Tues­day vac­ci­na­tions show on­ly 1,300 peo­ple re­ceived their jabs.

With the dras­tic slow­down, Guardian Me­dia vis­it­ed some of the sites yes­ter­day and in­ter­viewed some of the peo­ple who turned up for vac­cines.

Chaitram Mooni­lal, who went to the Debe Health Cen­tre to get a Pfiz­er vac­cine, said, “I am not com­fort­able but I try­ing to please every­one, at home and in the Gov­ern­ment too.”

Members of the public wait outside the Marabella Health Centre for vaccines yesterday.

RISHI RAGOONATH

He added, “I am con­cerned about the vac­ci­na­tion be­cause you know peo­ple were talk­ing about how sick they feel. But my fam­i­ly keep ask­ing me and so I say bet­ter I just go and take it and done. But I hope I don’t get sick,” he added. 

At the South­ern Acad­e­my for the Per­form­ing Arts, the tent out­side of the vac­ci­na­tion area was emp­ty. On­ly a few peo­ple were seen en­ter­ing the fa­cil­i­ty. The same was seen at the Mara­bel­la Health Cen­tre, where on­ly a few peo­ple turned up for vac­cines.