Ministry of Health stresses the importance of vaccinations
Channel: Saint Lucia Government
Date: 2021-09-21

The Ministry of Health has noted unfavourable outcome in persons of varying age groups and health profiles. Some vaccinated, whilst the significant majority were not.
From the February 2021, when vaccines were introduced, until current, statistics show that: Unvaccinated persons account for 96.6% of hospitalizations; Partially vaccinated persons account for 2% of hospitalizations; Fully vaccinated persons account for 1.4% of hospitalizations; Unvaccinated persons account for 96.7% of deaths; Partially vaccinated persons account for 2% of deaths; Vaccinated persons account for 1.3% of deaths.
- - Address by Tecla Jn Baptiste, National Immunization Manager