The Ministry of Health and Wellness is seeking to engage private interests in the delivery of vaccines as it looks to ramp up the number of Jamaicans, who are inoculated against the coronavirus.
Speaking in the House of Representatives on September 15, Prime Minister Andrew Holness, said that the private sector has been invited, through a request for quotation RFQ, to participate in the national vaccination programme.
He said that the RFQ sets out the criteria in terms of personnel, infrastructure and protocols that must be in place.
Prime Minister Holness said that, hopefully, the procurement process will go quickly to have private-sector entities delivering vaccines and thereby increasing the capacity of the Government.
Meanwhile, the Government is also looking to recruit retired health personnel to administer the vaccines.
