With a number of measles outbreaks worldwide and reported cases in nearby Venezuela and Brazil, the Ministry of Public Health (MPH) is urging members of the public to get vaccinated against the disease.
Persons can visit nearby health centres or hospitals to receive free measles vaccines.
“The Ministry of Public Health is urging everyone living in Guyana to be vaccinated against the measles disease,” a notice from the MPH, which was published in yesterday’s edition of the Guyana Chronicle, said.
While the notice in the newspaper did not state where persons could obtain the vaccine, Chief Medical Officer Dr Shamdeo Persaud told Stabroek News when contacted that the vaccine could be obtained from any public health centre or hospital. “They can get them [vaccines] from health centres in their communities, any health centre. I am not sure of health posts, but I know they can from any health centre,” Persaud said.