June 9, 2021

TT$107 Million For Covid-19 Vaccines

By Newsroom

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To date, the government has spent USD $10.3 million for the procurement of Covid-19 vaccines.

Finance Minister Colm Imbert told the House of Representatives this afternoon that the balance to be paid with the current vaccine arrangements is USD $5.4 millon.

“That will allow for vaccination of 85% of the population, or approximately 1.2 million persons. I wish to say that we have already paid for a significant quantity of vaccines and we’ve already made the necessary downpayments for the vaccines to come, especially the vaccines that are coming from the African Vaccine Aquisition Trust (AVAT),” the Minister said. 

During Wednesday’s sitting, Health Minister Terrence Deyalsingh revealed that a purchase agreement for Sinopharm vaccines is in the works for Trinidad and Tobago, remaining tight lipped about specific details as he says the negotiation is at a “sensitive stage”.

“Madame Speaker, we are now in the 11th hour and 55th minute of consecrating this bilateral purchase and there must be nothing that is said in the public domain that is prevented from being said with the NDA to scuffle that. As soon as we have the sign-off from Sinopharm to discuss matters we will do so as it relates to shipping, arrival dates and so on, as we have always done when vaccines are brought into the country,” the Health Minister said. 

 

 

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