AN­NA-LISA PAUL

Al­though T&T re­mains un­der an ad­verse weath­er alert—this has not been enough to de­ter hun­dreds of per­sons who turned out to re­ceive the Pfiz­er vac­cine, this morn­ing.

The vac­ci­na­tion of per­sons be­tween the ages of 12 to 18 years got un­der­way from 8 am to­day.

El­i­gi­ble mem­bers of the pub­lic turned out from as ear­ly as 6:30 am at some of the 14 lo­ca­tions, shel­ter­ing un­der um­brel­las, en­velopes and hood­ed jack­ets as they stood in the rain wait­ing to re­ceive the vac­cine.

At some oth­er lo­ca­tions, there were long lines of ve­hi­cles with par­ents and stu­dents seat­ed, wait­ing to be screened.

Al­though to­day’s vac­cine roll-out did not re­quire an ap­point­ment, all el­i­gi­ble per­sons had to be ac­com­pa­nied by a par­ent or guardian.

The ad­min­is­tra­tion of the Pfiz­er vac­cine be­gins to­day and will con­tin­ue through­out the week­end, from 8 am to 3 pm dai­ly.

Par­ents/guardians of cit­i­zens and/or res­i­dents be­tween the ages of 12-18 are ad­vised that their charges are el­i­gi­ble to re­ceive the Pfiz­er vac­cine re­gard­less of whether they are reg­is­tered at schools or not.

Mi­nors must be ac­com­pa­nied by a par­ent/guardian; par­ents/guardians must walk with a form of iden­ti­fi­ca­tion as well as the birth cer­tifi­cate of the child/ward and proof of re­la­tion­ship to child (guardians on­ly).

The walk-in vac­ci­na­tion sites in­clude:

1.   He­li­port, Ch­aguara­mas 

2.   COSTAATT City Cam­pus, POS 

3.   Na­tion­al Acad­e­my for the Per­form­ing Arts ( NA­PA) 

4.   COSTAATT Cam­pus, El Do­ra­do 

5.   Waller­field In­ter­na­tion­al Race­way, Waller­field, Ari­ma 

6.   Lar­ry Gomes Sta­di­um, Ari­ma 

7.   Du­ran­ta Gar­dens Com­mu­ni­ty Cen­tre, San­gre Grande 

8.   L'anse Noire Com­mu­ni­ty Cen­tre, To­co 

9.   Di­vali Na­gar, Uri­ah But­ler Hwy, En­deav­our (Start­ing Sun­day 22nd Au­gust, 2021 from 11:00am – 6:00pm) 

10.  Ato Boldon Sta­di­um, Cou­va 

11.   Pleas­antville Tech­nol­o­gy Cen­tre (MIC), San Fer­nan­do 

12.   Han­sraj Sumairs­ingh Mul­ti­pur­pose Com­plex, Rio Claro 

13.   Ma­yaro Civic Cen­tre