Get your second dose of the vaccine – WRHA boss

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Get your second dose of the vaccine – WRHA boss

WESTERN BUREAU: With western Jamaica’s second wave of COVID-19 vaccination now on the way, St Andrade Sinclair, the acting regional director of the Western Regional Health Authority (WRHA), is urging persons in the over-60 age group to come out and...

Source: Jamaica Gleaner

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