Health Ministry: Beware fake news on COVID-19 vaccination – Loop News Trinidad and Tobago

The public is being reminded to share information on COVID-19 from official sources only.

The reminder comes from the Ministry of Health, following a series of messages being forwarded on WhatsApp claiming that COVID-19 vaccines are being administered to walk in patients below the age of 60 between 4pm and 9pm at the Diego Martin Health Centre.

The Ministry in a post to its Facebook page rubbished the claims, noting that the supposed advisory was not issued by the Ministry or any Regional Health Authority (RHA).

Members of the public are urged to refrain from sharing any false or misleading information about COVID-19 or COVID-19 vaccination, the Ministry restated.

Phase one of the Governments vaccination programme involves the vaccination of people over the age of 60 with non-communicable diseases and frontline healthcare workers.

The second phase of the vaccination programme will begin shortly, which Health Minister Terrence Deyalsingh said will be accelerated with the donation of vaccines from India. The shipment of 40,000 vaccines was originally expected to arrive in the country today but has reportedly been delayed by bad weather.

The latest count from the Ministry puts the total number of people vaccinated against COVID-19 at 7,146.

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