"A new variant 🦠 can emerge at any point. If you have been 💉 vaccinated but know someone who hasn’t, please reach out to them, listen to their concerns and share information. Help them find a vaccination site" @DirOPSPAHO #COVID19 💉 https://t.co/im9MO1mvAz
📢"51% of vaccine hesitant people in the Eastern Caribbean were open to changing their minds after seeing more scientific and medical information. Dialogue, trust, and outreach are the tools we must use to get more vaccines into arms and ultimately save lives"@DirOPSPAHO #COVID19 https://t.co/blda5tWYQF
Our newest joint report with @WHO reveals the impact COVID-19 🦠 has had on the health workforce in five countries in the Region 🌎
Learn more ➡️ bit.ly/3ritxsz
🌎 Countries in the region of the Americas need to redouble efforts to vaccinate children against #polio
🆘 Only 82% of children received a third dose of polio vaccine in 2020, the lowest rate since 1994
"We must make it easier for people to get a 💉 vaccine closer to home. ➡️ This can be done by investing in staff and infrastructure. We are collaborating with governments across the region 🌎 to do that", @DirOPSPAHO #COVID19 https://t.co/52mELxd56W
Out of the 13 countries and territories in the Americas 🌎 that have not yet reached WHO’s 2021 goal of 40% vaccination coverage, 10 are in the Caribbean. #COVID19
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🌎 As a doctor from the Caribbean who has dedicated her life to public health, I want to make a special appeal to the people in the region:
The best decision you can make for your health right now is to get a vaccine against COVID.
🌎 There is much we can do to reach unvaccinated people.
We must tailor our interventions to the needs of those who remain vulnerable in each country.
We must make it easier for people to get a vaccine closer to home.
🌎 Nearly 700 million people across our region have already received their full vaccine course – over 21 million people in the Caribbean alone — giving us real-world data to show that vaccines are safe and effective against COVID-19
