Barbadians prefer the Pfizer vaccine over Sinopharm.
In less than half the time of availability, thousands more doses of the United States-produced Pfizer have been administered than the Chinese-manufactured Sinopharm.
Co-coordinator of the National Vaccination Programme, Major David Clarke, in giving a breakdown of the vaccination numbers yesterday, revealed that 8 769 first doses of Pfizer had been administered up to August 31, compared to 4 585 of Sinopharm.
On August 13, 70 200 doses of Pfizer, the first US Food and Drug Administration-approved vaccine, arrived in Barbados, compared to 30 000 doses of Sinopharm which landed on
June 29. (CA)
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