Small states need structured, sturdy systems to combat COVID-19 pandemic

President David Granger sees Guyana as one of many small states needing robust systems and structures both domestically and regionally, to preserve lives and livelihoods as it battles the COVID-19 pandemic.

This statement formed part of caretaker President Granger’s remarks as he spoke yesterday at a high-level event on Financing for Development in the Era of Novel Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) which was convened by the Prime Ministers of Canada and Jamaica and the Secretary General of the United Nations.