Beausejour, Carriacou, August 24, 2021: With the recent surge of COVID-19 cases in Grenada, the COVID-19 Response Team in Carriacou and Petite Martinique, is working with the Ministry of Health to raise greater awareness about its vaccination drive, and to reinforce measures that will help safeguard against the potential spread of the virus on the islands.

Minister for Carriacou and Petite Martinique Affairs and Local Government, Hon. Kindra Maturine-Stewart says Carriacou’s first quota of the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) approved Pfizer Vaccine will arrive on island on Wednesday

August 25, and will be made available to children 12 years and older on Thursday, 26 August, 2021 from 9:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.  

The vaccination drive will take place at the Hillsborough Tennis Court.  

Minister Stewart says government will engage the relevant stakeholders to ensure protocols are maintained.   

She noted that in the coming days a series of community sensitisation and vaccination initiatives will begin and urged people to adhere to the protocols and most importantly, to get vaccinated, pointing out that the unvaccinated are now most at risk.   

Community Health Nurse for Carriacou and Petite Martinique, Mrs. Donette St. Bernard, disclosed that many people in Carriacou and Petite Martinique have been coming forward to be vaccinated, and requests for the Pfizer vaccine have been overwhelming.  

St. Bernard further encouraged everyone to get vaccinated as global statistics show a decline in COVID-19 related deaths as vaccination increases.    More than 2,000 people in Carriacou and Petite Martinique have so far been vaccinated.