Grenada Monday joined its other Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries in urging the international community to end the inequitable distribution of vaccines to combat the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, noting also that the island’s economy has also been severely impacted by the pandemic.
Addressing the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), Foreign Affairs, International Business and CARICOM Affairs Minister, Oliver Joseph, said the social fallouts and the inequitable access to vaccines, particularly for small island developing states like Grenada, have contributed to undermining the island’s stability.
“COVID-19 has indeed wreaked immense havoc on economies across the world, but with a particular intensity and lasting effect on small economies such as ours. Prior to the first case of COVID-19 on the island in March 2020, the Grenadian economy was on an upward trajectory since 2013, growing at an average rate of 4.5 per cent per year.”
Source – CMC
