Ministry’s cold chain capacity for COVID vaccine gets shot in the arm

UNICEF Representative Nicolas Pron (right) and Minister of Health Dr Frank Anthony at the handover (UNICEF photo)

UNICEF’s Representative Nicolas Pron yesterday handed over two solar fridges and 50 vaccine carriers to Minister of Health Dr. Frank Anthony which will aid Guyana’s COVID-19 vaccination programme.

Provision of the equipment followed a request from the Health Ministry, according to a release from UNICEF.

While the donation is in support of the ministry’s Expanded Programme of Immunization, its immediate impact would be in relation to the COVID-19 vaccine which has to be stored at a specific temperature.