One hundred percent of Dominica’s population is expected to receive full access of the COVID-19 vaccine once it is made available.
In making the announcement on his weekly talk show over the weekend, Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit disclosed that his government has been working on vaccine access for some time.
“The intention here is for us to be in a position to provide vaccines to 100 percent of the population,” he said. “Obviously it will be by choice, but 100 percent of our population will have access to this.”
He continued, “We are working on two tracks. We will be getting vaccines from PAHO [Pan American Health Organization].”
Skerrit said also that there is an international organization who has committed to providing Dominica with vaccines.
“I believe it might be about 20 percent of our population,” he noted.
The Prime Minister indicated that the numbers will be finalized soon.
“But we are also in discussion with the World Bank and through the World Bank we are able to get financing of 20 percent of our population,” he revealed. “I am speaking to the World Bank to increase that to 50 percent of our population.”
He added, “The idea is, the 50 percent of the World Bank and 25 percent from PAHO, we are talking about 70 to 75 percent and we are also engaging from the government to mobilize some resources.”
He said there may be a vaccine fee for those who can afford.
“Those of us who can pay something will have to pay something, but I believe we will keep it consistent with our policy on health where everybody 18 [years] and younger gets free medical care and everybody 60 and older gets free medical care,” Skerrit stated.
He said it all depends on how the government is receiving its financing.
“If somebody gives it to us for free, we are not going to sell it to Dominicans,” he explained.
Meantime, he said building public trust through public education is important, “utilizing the primary health system to communicate with the public.”
He warns that misinformation must be avoided since this poses a challenge in educating people.
Skerrit believes that persons have to avoid misinformation since it’s a challenge in educating people
An article posted on edition.cnn.com on Wednesday stated that the United Kingdom (UK) has become the first Western nation to approve a Covid-19 vaccine, a landmark moment in the coronavirus pandemic that paves the way for the first doses to be rolled out across the country next week.
The Federal Drug Agency (FDA) says it needs at least another week before the Pfizer vaccine which has been approved in the US can get the nod in the US.
Pfizer got the biggest fine for misselling its drugs in US history. Its vaccines have killed many people. In Nigeria, its recent vaccine decimated 100’s of chilren. The Nigerian government is suing it. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2007/jun/05/health.healthandwellbeing1
Okay Elizabeth; vaccine may not be around in the stone age; but, came about in a more modern era!
Out of Africa came the hypothesis; theory; and I suppose the scientific method of how to proceed in the world first vaccine/ vaccination you might find information on social media giving credit to an Englishman named Jenner!
It’s the same old tactics and lies they use to take credit for every good thing a Black person accomplishes.
Here is something simple: “the cotton picking machine in America, was invented by a black man, the first telephone, and street light too.
The first heart transplant was conducted by a Black man and not Barnard of South Africa. The first vaccine was invented by this Black man in the year 1721; that’s 299 years ago.
Note: ” In 1721 an enslaved African man named Onesimus–who may have been born in West Africa though exactly where is unknown–was variolated as a child before slave traders brought him to Boston.”
@Francisco, Hello it is not easy to determine who the first inventor was. But both Alexander Bell, a Scottish – born inventor scientist engineer and Elisha Gray submitted the application patent in 1876-77. Don’t shoot me, I’m just the messenger!!!!
Comment on the above forgot to mention the telephone inventor I apologise for the mistake.
But you see my friend, it is the same point I am trying to make; they take the idea, and complete invention, pattern it in some white person name; and the real inventors who are Black never get the credit.
Now can you tell be who invented the television remote control?
I will tell you he is Black out of Long Beach California.
Watch this now; a boy from Barbados invented the Search Engine used on the Internet; everybody made Billions from his invention, except him.
Now in this case it is his fault, he did not pattern it in his name.
But, Man Dog; it appear to me as if you have some smarts in you; so how come all this time you made yourself a Royal Jack… with all those words not correctly spelled?
Was it Dr. Punjab the triple doctor that corrupted crook Roosevelt who influenced you to conduct yourself that way, eh, eh, eh, eh?
How much did he pay you to make yourself look ignorant?
There is an idiot, no matter what I write on DNO; that idiot always gives me a thumb down; thanks you idiot!
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah!
If all you know how to do, is give I boy thumbs down, that means your are an idiot eh!
I doh is idiot with you eh!
I wonder why…?
“Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit disclosed that his government has been working on vaccine access for some time.” hear nonsense. My brother all you were doing was waiting, like everybody else. You would swear DLP was in the lab working in it. Save the rubbish for people who know no better.
Now i not in that nonsense. You not putting no vaccine that yet to have extensive testing and research in nobody in my house. You and you wife and 3 children and all your Cabinet can go first. Let me see what it doing all you first. then i can consider it after a year or 2 or 3. You cannot force me to put nothing in my body feller.
All now there are protest in the US and the UK protesting this new vaccine and how it is developed. Just remember people, in less than a year, they find a vaccine for COVID-19. but they refuse to provide one for Cancer, AIDS/HIV, Diabetes.
COVID 19, a disease they say may kill roughly 1% person of total infected. Does that sound like goods odds for which to shut down the world and require a vaccine?
Now, if the vaccine is by choice, will those who don’t take it be able to move freely in island and cross-border?
more questions than answers. SMH
If the Covid 19 vaccine come out from Russia or China… Especially China. I don’t want it.
Of course all Dominicans will get access to a vaccine. The question however, who is gonna pay for the vaccine. Are the citizens to pay for their vaccine or will MMC pay initially and then Skerrit will give them a few more passport in exchange less ‘commission’ of course. M
The EC dollar will soon be abolished in DA. The official currency will be passports. Guess who has most…?
After all the politicians take it we will see what happens.
Mr PM will you and your family and the entire Cabinet take the Vaccine first. After the public shall follow. After all according to the saying follow your leader so go first. but besides you all always go first any way first to walk out at functions first to get all the good stuff so this time again go first let us see your confidence in the vaccine.
Guy shut up!
Right now I feel to fight for Skerrit that dam triple doctor, but you are talking nonsense; don’t you think he also fear COVID-19 like all the rest on us humans?
In the first place before the vaccine was recognized as successful, they had to experiment on animals as well as people.
The people who rendered themselves as guinea pigs, survived, they did not die; the vaccine has not killed any human who took it as of yet; so why the useless babbling.
I could understand the nonsense many of you are talking if Dominica was the first place it will be in use; it is approved to be distributed and used in England as of now.
Be quiet you little rat!
To date 279,634 people died in America from the virus, in Dominica there are about twenty-five – thirty thousand of us, without a vaccine, if it get out of control in Dominica within a week; we are all dead!
Who fool you..stopp babbling u self and just take your herbs we need no vaccine here…I so surprise at skerrit that he not promoting our green roots so we can introduce to them out there so many of our herbalists in da with the natural remedies. Promote them instead man. Where our grandmother’s out there let’s find them and they will give de natural remedies.
Telemaque what is really your trouble? Or like the saying goes, whose side are you own?
For the largest number of times, you are helping these people here, to babble foolishness. Now, you are scolding those same people for what you call their “nonsense” talk.
Of course I agree with you, not because the message is from PM Skerrit, but because these people here are always writing nonsense. They are speaking as if the Corvid–19 Vaccine will be the first one that has come into the World. People have flu vaccine from since the stone ages ago. When I was living Dominica, I had to take a flu vaccine. of course the side effects were not a bless. But Have been free from the flu in Canada.
One of them is asking about the cost–that is their biggest worry. When are Dominicans going to start thinking sensibly and to reveal their productive thoughts for the World to read? Gush Man!
Correction: Of course the side effect was not a bliss, but I have been free the flues of Canada–Corvid-19 could even be one of them
I know what you are thinking; however, just because I said I feel like fighting for that damn liar, that little crook, that triple doctor, does not mean I am on his side eh!
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahah!
(The ratta) is still Me Almost Nearly Cousin eh; but where it pertains to his political corruption I will forever call him out; and if I can take that little black wet rat Roosevelt down politically, I’d take him out imminently!
I know I am a wicked man eh; but, I do not wish COVID-19 on Roosevelt even if he is my political enemy! I told you I knew a guy from Antigua, I was married to his cousin, she is the mother of my children.
One day he was driving home; he became disoriented and breathless, by the time he walked into his house, and his children called the Paramedics, Wally simply dropped to the floor, dead!Killed by COVID-19; the State buried him, we were not allowed to attend his funeral.
You said you told me; but I have never heard of this one, long before Corvid-19 we were not speaking to each other and so it has been; remember that.
Try it on the cabinet top to bottom. If they survive its safe, if they don’t the country is safe.
Dominicans should be herbians..I can’t believe skerrit not promoting de herbs we.have on island…dominica green allu forget so what he’ll vaccine he talking about..we are a green country not snow country..vaccine is for de white.man not for us we believe in our herbs..smh. KEEP DOMINICA GREEN not on vaccine..
When the masters say jump the politicians jump to their beat When I hear The PM say, “that persons have to avoid misinformation since it’s a challenge in educating people,” these are very troubling words, sounds like a script handed down to the politicians in their PR mission to their citizens. The big question, does the PM and his family, the members of Cabinet and their families included in the 100 percent of the population who will receive the Vaccine, what about Dr. Carissa F. Etienne from The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO). This is the question citizens should propose to all the spokesmen and Government officials. Am I misinformed and a challenge to be educated by asking questions.
I hope you and your cabinet will be the first to take it. To show example
You are 100% correct, however the govts around the world have oppressed their people so much in the name of “the virus” sheep will line up to be saved. The govt is NOT your friend and if you think a virtually untested needle in your arm so the govt will let you come back out and play is in your best intetest , I will pray for you.
A vaccine is great news. but don’t y’all find this a little bit strange? A virus caused a global pandemic, and a vaccine was developed and proven ready for the global population, all within one year. doesn’t that sound a bit fishy to you guys? vaccines usually take 3-5 years to develop. but we already have a vaccine in under a year? something smells fishy about that. Let the Europeans try it first. and let the first world countries experiment on themselves first. then let us see if we’d want to try it or not. we can’t be so gullible in this day and age.
I hope he is not talking to the Chinese government about supplying vaccines to Dominica. I trust the major Western pharmaceutical companies and the rigors they have to endure before their vaccines come to market. The Chinese? Not so much.
Vaccines are not tested. That would take years and cost money. There is no requirement for testing vaccines before they are given and you can’t sue the drug company if you get sick and die. That should tell you something.
But Skerro, it’s simple logic. If a vaccine is available, all citizens should be vaccinated 😉🤗. Didn’t we do that with measles, mumps, tuberculosis, etc.?? Or were you planning to select those who receive and those who don’t?
HOTEP!
boy do worry about vaccine you do notice once you reach Dominica is always asymptomatic cases we have and people just spending vacation in the COVID facilities
I would like to witness Skerrit, his wife Gucci Mel, his children and his cabinet to take it first, but I doubt this will happen.
Its crazy. It generally takes years for a vaccine to develop, but the world and its governments are enforcing/scaring us to take a untested vaccine?
Wey papa. Not me wiii
Whenever the Covid 19 Vaccine becomes available i will be available to take my Covid 19 shot.
Those not interested it is their option but i am definitely interested in it and encourage every Dominican citizen and resident to follow in my footstep… Please take the Covid 19 vaccine when it is made available to you.
Remember our health comes first
please dont take the vaccine people, its not what you think it is
Stop benign ignorant, you have no clue of what the hell you talking about!
“It is not what you think.”Who the hell are you a damn no name to talk about it is not what you think it is?
Did you do any research to find a way to create the vaccine; what’s your educational background; quote the scientific method you used to find out it is not what people think.
Give me you hypothesis, which lead you to a theory, and your conclusion; in addition to your formula in your discovery!
Dominicans are always talking fart!
You should question Roosevelt authority also talking fart that everybody in Dominica will get the vaccine, he is not going to get it for free, and even if he gets it for free, there are issues which comes along it!
One of the vaccine has to be stored (refrigerated) below -100 degrees, does he have that sort of refrigerated facilities in the country?
It can’t be stored in an ordinary refrigerator!
… but YOU of course know exactly what you are talking about. You are a notorious know-it-all. You know what, you know Jack S..t!
Please enlighten us
Don’t tell us what you saw on YouTube, WhatsApp or Facebook.
No Conspiracy theories.
Just put up some links so I can do a deep research.
Black people need to get information from proper medical sources and stop getting information from Facebook and Whatsapp messages. I see so much garbage before forwarded to me from people who know less than I do. I immediately delete them.
Once the vaccine is vetted and approved by the authorities who know what they are talking about, I will be the first in line when my turn comes. For those of you who do not want to take it, it’s a free country. You can take your chances.
Carlos, I cannot believe that 17 people at this point, have agreed with this foolish comment of yours
What is it then?
You have the right to decide to not take the vaccine, if and when it becomes available; please respect the rights of others to decide for themselves. The government should make every effort to provide complete, accurate information to the public, in order to help them decide.
@Carlos, Keep your opinion to yourself no need to tell us what to do you are not a medical expert who don’t want to take the vaccine it’s their personal problem losers are cowards.
Wow! Mr. Skerrit continues to make headline grabbing announcements on his Sunday evening propaganda show. The way he is behaving these days hints that he is suffering from some sort of psychopathological condition.
Mr. Skerrit, what are you afraid of? Instead of using your puppeteer show to disseminate your mind bending falsehoods, why don’t you have a genuine Press Conference and answer the people’s questions relayed to you by bona fide journalists?
True democracy demands TRANSPARENCY. I challenge you to answer the people truthfully about the construction of the proposed int’l airport; the CBI finances; implementation of authentic electoral reforms; the present state of the economy etcetera.
Whenever a leader stubbornly refuses to hold regular press conferences CORRUPTION is rife.
DEMOCRACY has been seriously damaged under Skerrit’s stewardship. His legacy will be one of extreme darkness and excruciating hardship.
ADMIN: He did invite journalists to his Facebook show last Sunday (including DNO) and he did answer questions on the International Airport and the other topics you mentioned. He has promised greater access to the media and this is something we will eagerly follow up on.
You and your family and entire Cabinet take it first then we shall follow.
“He warns that misinformation must be avoided since this poses a challenge in educating people. ”
Skerrit must have been up 2am cannot sleep infront a mirror talking to himself. This guy is a psycopath in every sense of the word. I do not even know where to start with all the twist and turn in info this fool has given the country year in and year out. The party supporters wear their badge of ignorance with pleasure. One day the bottom must wear out.
@Matthew, Boy Boy you clowns can talk rubbish wee every time you people open your mouth is all rubbish coming out.
You must like rubbish because you found time to respond. Why waste space and add some cleanup.
There are already a few tiny holes in the bottom. Why do you think he is talking so much all of a sudden? He is desperate to justify his existence!