The Public Health Department has confirmed that the Islands’ supply of Pfizer vaccines has been fully utilised, due to “the success in the uptake of the COVID-19 vaccine over recent weeks”.
According to a statement sent Wednesday by Public Health, the Governor’s Office has confirmed that a new batch from the UK containing 11,700 Pfizer vaccine doses is expected to arrive on the British Airways flight on Friday, 12 Nov.
The department confirmed that, as a result, the COVID-19 vaccination clinics will be closed from Thursday, 11 Nov. through Saturday, 13 Nov. to allow time for “transport, logistics and cold chain quality assurance of the new vaccines”, the statement said.
Clinics are scheduled to resume on Tuesday, 16 Nov.
Meanwhile, Government Information Services has asked the public to stay tuned to official channels for the revised vaccination schedule, to confirm times and locations.
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