The Deeds and Commercial Registry Authority yesterday said that it has taken note of an “ill-informed, reckless and malicious post being circulated on social media which sought to convey that a large number of staff of the Registry contracted COVID-19”.
The Registry in a statement offered the following clarifications;
1.One staff member who operates in a small department tested positive.
2. The Registry immediately activated its established protocols in keeping with the COVID-19 guidelines and closed the building, commenced contact tracing and had those staff members who came into contact with the positive case tested.
3.The Registry is still awaiting the results of all those who were tested.
4.The Registry also moved to have the entire building sanitised.
The statement said that when Guyana recorded its first COVID-19 case in early March, the Registry initially closed for two months but reopened in June 2020 and continued to serve the public. As such, the registry said it rejects any attempt to link the one known positive case at the Registry to the reopening of the country a few days ago.
“The Registry calls on those responsible for peddling misinformation to desist from making reckless and ill-informed statements which can cause panic not only among the staff of the Registry but the general public”, the statement added.
