And it is one of only a handful of countries worldwide that has yet to administer a single shot of coronavirus vaccine. Last week, two of the main hospitals treating COVID-19 patients in capital Port-au-Prince announced they were saturated. The new wave also comes amid surging gang violence that is hampering the provision of what little healthcare is available. Already in February Doctors Without Borders (MSF) shut all but the emergency department at the hospital in Cite Soleil where it last year treated COVID-19 patients. And next week, Haiti should receive its first batch – 130,000 doses – of COVID-19 vaccines through the World Health Organization’s COVAX vaccination scheme.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer June 09, 2021 12:56 UTC