And on Monday, the Ministry of Health received a donation of COVID-19 vaccines, specifically the Pfizer type for kids. It's probably been a while since you've heard of someone talking about getting another booster, so you probably didn't know that Belize still even had them in stock. We asked the Minister if it was even worth it, or whether they would just go to waste, but he said the demand for vaccines is still high.
Kevin Bernard, Minister of Health
"Let's be fair. We, we, we have to remember that Covid still is here. You know, it's, yes, we may think that it's not there, but at the same time, there are people who are still, who still want to get their booster shots. There are people who, uh, who only had maybe one dose and still want to get their second dose. And that's one reason why when you look at the, the amount we did not, even though they offered thousands and upon thousands we only had requested and agreed to a certain amount. Um, for the same reason. The reluctancy and, uh, we're trying to make sure that, uh, it is available and it's free. Uh, no cost to the Belizean people, but will be made available to, to those who want to go and get their, their booster, their third booster, their fourth."
Courtney Menzies:
"Nobody's getting vaccines so won't it go to waste?"
Kevin Bernard, Minister of Health
"I'm not saying that it's going to waste there are people who, who do call and if you look at the Ministry of Health Facebook page, uh, and, cause I get messages as well, uh, through the, through the page, um, you have people asking when, where can I get my vaccine? Where can I go and get my booster? So there are needs, there are people who are coming. Um, we just want to make sure that you can't go and say some, a major issue happened, another variant pop up. And then you come back and say, but why you didn't get vaccine? That's the reason."
The vaccines were donated by the government of The Netherlands.
