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PM says entire executive fully vaccinated

Published:Friday | August 20, 2021 | 6:29 PM
Prime Minister Andrew Holness receiving his second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine from nurse Fiona Ellis at The Good Samaritan Inn in Kingston on Friday, May 28, 2021.

The Office of the Prime Minister is reporting that the entire executive has been fully vaccinated against COVID-19.

On Thursday night, Prime Minister Andrew Holness was asked whether all parliamentarians including his Cabinet members were inoculated.

The prime minister was not in a position to say yes.

Earlier today, the Opposition Spokesman on Health Dr Morais Guy said this was a poor reflection.

"If he's going on a thrust to encourage Jamaicans to get vaccinated, I think his house should be in order first," said Guy.

However, in a statement Friday afternoon, the Office of the Prime Minister said all Cabinet ministers, as well as state ministers and the attorney general, have been fully vaccinated.

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