Oxford-AstraZeneca Vaccine "Highly Safe & Effective"

Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley has described the Indian-manufactured Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine, also known as COVISHIELD, as a “highly safe and effective” vaccine.

During an address to the nation from Ilaro Court [recently], Prime Minister Mottley disclosed that the island had reached “a momentous moment” in its battle against the COVID-19 virus, with the receipt of COVISHIELD vaccines from the Government and people of India.

“We know that we have a highly safe and effective vaccine. These are not my words but the words of thousands of key scientists and medical experts across the world. It has gone through the most rigorous testing and approval protocols,” Ms. Mottley assured, while noting that the vaccine was being administered to populations in four continents – Europe, Asia, South America and Africa.