The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) on Wednesday informed the Ministry of Health (MoH) that the samples sent to the laboratory for gene sequencing show no trace of any of the new COVID-19 variants that have been circulating around the world.
This was revealed by Minister of Health Dr Frank Anthony during yesterday’s COVID-19 update.
He stated that CARPHA informed him on Wednesday night that they have completed the gene sequencing process and none of the new variants that are circulating has been detected in those samples. He added that the Ministry will continue sending samples to CARPHA.
Anthony noted that while this is good news it does not mean that Guyana will decrease its vigilance in ensuring that the no COVID-19 variant arrives in Guyana.
There are currently three COVID-19 variants circulating in different countries- the Brazilian, United Kingdom and South African variants.
