Opposition Whip Lynda Tabuya says the Health Ministry should provide a more detailed breakdown in its daily updates of COVID-19 recoveries.
She made the suggestion to Health Minister Dr Ifereimi Waqainabete in Parliament on Monday.
“The latest statistics for COVID-19 since April, we have had active cases of 40,000 and recoveries of about 15,841 which is over a third, which is a good rate,” Ms Tabuya said.
“My question to the honourable minister is this. Can you consider, when you are giving your breakdown of statistics to inform the public, from that 15,841 recoveries, how many were vaccinated and how many were not, because that may very well be a way to encourage people to get vaccinated, if the rate is greater.
“So it would help the public, if you were to break down that 15,841, in terms of how many were vaccinated and how many were not. Would you consider doing that, honourable minister?”
In response, Dr Waqainabete asked Ms Tabuya to send her query as a written question so the ministry could provide the details.
