PM BROWNE WRITES TO PRESIDENT BIDEN ABOUT COVID-19 VACCINES

Prime Minister Gaston Browne has written to United States President Joe Biden requesting Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID- 19 vaccines for CARICOM countries.

The US recently announced plans to send 4 million AstraZeneca doses to its neighbours Canada and Mexico.

However, Prime Minister Browne insists the Caribbean should also get doses of the vaccine as it’s the US’s third border.

Prime Minister Browne says the US will remain at risk if the Caribbean Community is unable to reach herd immunity.

Prime Minister Browne’s letter to President Biden makes it clear the vulnerability of states must become an important criterion in the provision of vaccines, and the Caribbean region is among the most vulnerable in the world.