In Jamaica – Despite the availability of more than one million doses of vaccines, more than 74 per cent of the Jamaican population remains unvaccinated against COVID-19.
This is one of the lowest vaccination rates in the entire Caribbean region and leaves the population vulnerable to periodic outbreaks of COVID-19, especially as new variants like the fast-spreading omicron emerge.
Jamaica’s precarious position was revealed in the Parliament last week, during a presentation by the Ministry of Health and Wellness on the Joint Select Committee on the COVID-19 Pandemic and Related Matters.
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