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Low dose of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine is safe and effective in children ages 5 to 11, companies’ study finds

Published 20 September, 2021

Basseterre 

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By Carolyn Y. Johnson

Joy Harrison instructs second-graders in Oakland, Calif. Children as young as 5 years old may soon be eligible for a coronavirus vaccine. (Santiago Mejia/San Francisco Chronicle via AP)

A lower dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine — one-third the amount given to adults and teens — is safe and triggered a robust immune response in children as young as 5 years old, the drug companies announced in a news release Monday.

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School Meal and Cayon High School Notice

Published 20 September, 2021

Basseterre 

Buckie Got It, St. Kitts and Nevis News Source 

School Meals closed until further Notice

Cayon High School Form 1 Pioneers will engage in remote teaching and learning as 21st September 2021.

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St. Kitts And Nevis Records Six (6) Additional Cases of COVID-19 On 19 September 2021 with 724 Active Cases, 946 Recovered Cases & 10 Deaths

Published 20 September, 2021

Basseterre 


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St. Kitts And Nevis Records Six (6) Additional Cases of COVID-19 On 19 September 2021 with 724 Active Cases, 946 Recovered Cases & 10 Deaths

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St. Kitts And Nevis Records forty two (42) Additional Cases of COVID-19 On 18 September 2021 with 737 Active Cases, 927 Recovered Cases & 10 Deaths

Published 19 September, 2021

Basseterre 

Buckie Got It, St. Kitts and Nevis News Source 

St. Kitts And Nevis Records forty two (42) Additional Cases of COVID-19 On 18 September 2021 with 737 Active Cases, 927 Recovered Cases & 10 Deaths

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ONLY ONE COVID-19 DEATH VACCINATED AGAINST THE DEADLY VIRUS; VACCINES SAVE LIVES – MINISTER OF HEALTH

Published 17 September 2021

Basseterre

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ONLY ONE COVID-19 DEATH VACCINATED AGAINST THE DEADLY VIRUS; VACCINES SAVE LIVES – MINISTER OF HEALTH

Basseterre, St. Kitts, September 17, 2021 (SKNIS): The Federation of St. Kits and Nevis continues the fight against the deadly COVID-19 virus and has recorded nine (9) deaths related to COVID-19. The announcement was made by the Minister of Health, Hon. Akilah Byron-Nisbett, during a national address on September 15, 2021. The Minister of Health stressed the importance of vaccination and urged persons to get their children vaccinated against the deadly virus.

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