Trinidad And Tobago To Receive COVID-19 Vaccines From India And China

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago (Friday, March 26, 2021) — In response to an official request from Prime Minister, Dr. Keith Rowley, to India’s Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, the government of India, today, announced that 40,000 doses of WHO-approved Astra Zeneca vaccines have now been approved for donation to Trinidad and Tobago.

Additionally, China has offered 100,000 doses of the Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine to the government, as it awaits WHO approval.

Prime Minister Rowley expressed appreciation and gratitude to Prime Minister Modi, and China’s President, Xi Jinping, for their generosity to the people of the twin-island nation.