Minister of Health Frank Anthony
He noted that that 11,674 people between ages 18 and 29 have taken the booster shot while 11,428 people between ages 30 have done so. In addition, 39; 27,082 of those between the ages of 40-59 have taken the shot while 21,739 booster shots were taken by persons 60-years-old and older.
“So if we want to encourage older people because they are more vulnerable then obviously we need to take up this 21,000 to a much higher number. As you get older, you would have some underlying illnesses and therefore this is a group that is more vulnerable and really should be coming out and getting their vaccines.
“We are not seeing that uptake that we would like to see among this age group.”
