Despite the continued slow uptake of the Coronavirus vaccines in Grenada, the Ministry of Health, Wellness, and Religious Affairs (MOHWARA) through the Community Nursing Department, is not relenting, and is instead ensuring that all efforts are made to encourage vaccination against the deadly virus, through education, awareness, and the availability of a variety of vaccines.  

The Ministry of Health, Wellness, and Religious Affairs has received another batch of Pfizer and Moderna vaccines. Five thousand, eight hundred and fifty (5,850) doses of Pfizer vaccines and Six thousand, (6000) doses of the Moderna vaccines were donated to the Government and People of Grenada by the Government of the Republic of Korea.  

Acknowledging receipt of the medicine and recognizing its life-saving value and benefits as was demonstrated during the peak of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Ministry thanked the Government of the Republic of Korea for the donation.  

The Ministry of Health, Wellness, and Religious Affairs also places on record its sincere thanks to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Export Development in Grenada for its role in securing the donation.   

With the new school year beginning on Monday September 5, 2022, health officials are encouraging parents to be mindful of the presence of COVID-19, vaccine-preventable diseases, and gastroenteritis.  

Nursing officials say it is of paramount importance and beneficial to both parent and child, to have their full complement of childhood vaccines, and to encourage the practice of proper hand and cough hygiene on re-entering the school setting to prevent disease outbreak and transmission.