Living Water Community: Ministry for Migrants and Refugees is organizing a mass vaccination drive on Sunday, August 1st and Monday, August 2nd at Divali Nagar in order to vaccinate persons from the migrant and refugee community.
Read each section before arriving at the vaccination site to be fully prepared and ensure that you book your appointment in advance.
Book an Appointment
BEFORE arriving for your vaccine, for those who speak English and all other languages (ie, non-Spanish speaking) migrants and refugees, please complete the following form:
httpss://forms.gle/hNkteridAMANTitx9
Please verify that your information is correct when completing the forms. Make sure that all areas are filled out with no typos or spelling errors.
Download the Pre-Registration Form:
httpss://health.gov.tt/download-the-covid-19-vaccine-pre-registration-forms
Vaccination Site
The vaccination drive will take place at Divali Nagar in Endeavour.
Before arriving at the vaccination site, ensure that you have the necessary documents. Forms of ID accepted include:
- Foreign Drivers License
- Foreign Passport
- Foreign ID
- UNHCR Asylum Card or Certificate
Please arrive at least 15 minutes before your scheduled appointment time.
COVID-19 prevention measures will be in effect at all times.
Translators will be present.
Transportation
Transportation is available from Chaguanas maxi stand to the Divali Nagar Site. Able bodied persons can take public transportation to the taxi stand in order to utilize these free shuttles.
Shuttle service starts from 9:00 am
Please see below for the license plates of the shuttle buses:
Shuttle 1:
Name of Driver: Madan Ramdhany
License Plate Number: HDB3524 (yellow band 24 seater)
Telephone Number of Driver: (868) 462-3232
Driver’s Permit Number: 297655
Shuttle 2:
Name of Driver: Shaheed Mohammed
License Plate Number: HBM 2429
Telephone Number of Driver: (868) 735-5580
Driver’s Permit Number: 373697
For the elderly and persons with disabilities, a pick-up service will be available. See below for the contact information for this service. Please Whatsapp or Text only with your location in advance to schedule your pick-up.
Whatsapp or Text: (868) 363-1132
Pick up service starts from 9:30 am
General Information on the Sinopharm Vaccine
Sinopharm is a WHO approved emergency use COVID-19 vaccine.
Excerpt from the publication WHO lists additional COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use and issues interim policy recommendations (May 7th, 2021)
“The Sinopharm product is an inactivated vaccine called SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine (Vero Cell). Its easy storage requirements make it highly suitable for low-resource settings. It is the also first vaccine that will carry a vaccine vial monitor, a small sticker on the vaccine vials that change color as the vaccine is exposed to heat, letting health workers know whether the vaccine can be safely used.
WHO’s Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunization (SAGE) has also completed its review of the vaccine. On the basis of all available evidence, WHO recommends the vaccine for adults 18 years and older, in a two-dose schedule with a spacing of three to four weeks. Vaccine efficacy for symptomatic and hospitalized disease was estimated to be 79%, all age groups combined.
Few older adults (over 60 years) were enrolled in clinical trials, so efficacy could not be estimated in this age group. Nevertheless, WHO is not recommending an upper age limit for the vaccine because preliminary data and supportive immunogenicity data suggest the vaccine is likely to have a protective effect in older persons. There is no theoretical reason to believe that the vaccine has a different safety profile in older and younger populations. WHO therefore recommends that countries using the vaccine in older age groups conduct safety and effectiveness monitoring to make the recommendation more robust.”