Vaccine shortage: PM Rowley must seek help from Canadian ambassador, says UNC

The opposition of Trinidad and Tobago has asked the government to formulate a better plan than lockdown to handle the rapid spread of the COVID-19 virus. UNC stated that due to the ongoing lockdown, people are holding signs on the roadside and begging for help. UNC continued that the government must stop attacking the opposition and blaming the general public for their failures and must work towards creating a better tomorrow for Trinidad and Tobago.

Not only that, United National Congress called Prime Minister Keith Rowley "exacerbated by poor leadership."

Due to the rapidly growing cases of coronavirus, the government have increased the lockdown to July 4; the opposition has expressed their discomfort with the extension and asked the government to start looking for better solutions. "There is a motion on the Order Paper of the House of Representatives in the Prime Minister's name, to extend the State of Emergency for three months." stated the opposition party on Saturday evening in a press release. United National Congress stated that the economy of Trinidad and Tobago is in a precarious state, and with no concrete plans from the government, there would be a bleak future. The opposition asked the government to strengthen the vaccine drive of the country and presented their outrage at the government's goal of vaccinating only 10% population by August 2021. UNC stated that the country's vaccine drive is at a very slow pace, and the country might never return to normal if things go around like that. "The Prime Minister, who is also a CARICOM chairman, should use his good office to send an international SOS and have any unused vaccines sent our way." UNC further accentuated. At this rate, Trinidad and Tobago may never see "normalcy" until an election bell is rung again, and the Rowley Government can boast they spent five years fighting Covid. Furthermore, the opposition suggested that the government must work with all Canadian counterparts to urge them to send over any surplus vaccine. The party stated that the government of Canada is yet to make a decision about the 50,000 doses of the Astazeneca vaccine that have gone unused after the vaccine was halted. UNC asked the government to communicate with the Canadian Ambassador in Trinidad and Tobago on procuring the jabs.