Panel Discussion

COVID-19 Vaccine: The Country’s Fight Against the Virus

COVID-19 Vaccine – As the race for a safe and effective COVID-19 vaccine continues, three candidates have become frontrunners, one from Pfizer and BioNTech, and another from Moderna, and another from AstraZeneca and Oxford University. What should we expect from Jamaica’s Covax facility? And what administrative, pharmaceutical and medical efficacies and protocols will Jamaica put in place to facilitate distribution and access. Joining us in this Panel Discussion are Dr. Peter Figueroa Professor of public health, epidemiology, and HIV/AIDS, and Dr. Alfred Dawes.

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