Last Updated on September 11, 2021, 8:29 AM AST by Renaldo St Juste
The first group of 40 vaccine ambassadors has been prepared to be sent to different parts of Jamaica to prepare the people for getting vaccinated. They will be going to people in different communities and encourage vaccination. This step would increase the vaccination in Jamaica.
All members of parliament will recruit vaccine ambassadors for their constituency to encourage their constituents for taking vaccine shots against the COVID-19 virus.
PM Andrew Holness supported the initiative on Wednesday, saying that individual engagement at the level of the community would be helping to educate people for the national COVID-19 vaccination programme.
While noting that Member of Parliament for St. Andrew North East, Delroy Chuck, has indicated that an additional 20 ambassadors are to be employed for the area PM Holness said, “There are many reasons why people are not taking the vaccines, and having the conversation sometimes helps to resolve the skepticism, the fear and the lack of knowledge. I am very hopeful that the community mobilisation will reinforce the national message that is being put out by the Ministry of Health and generally by the Government of Jamaica,” he said, noting that Member of Parliament for St. Andrew North East, Delroy Chuck, has indicated that an additional 20 ambassadors are to be employed for the area.
Prime Minister was on the visit that was planned as a part of Prime Minister’s vaccine mobilization with this, only he went to the different vaccination sites that were located in New Day Primary and Infant School in Kingston.
These vaccination sites were in St Andrew North East, and Central Kingston was also visited on that same day.
PM Holness said, “It is important not only for this constituency but for the country that we vaccinate. We have to try and encourage the hesitant to come out.”
Minister of Local Government and Rural Development Desmond McKenzie said the initiative will be undertaken in all constituencies for a four-week period.
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