Authorities hoping for additional COVID vaccines before stocks depleted

Minister of Health, Dr Frank Anthony yesterday stated that Guyana is still working on the logistics for more COVID-19 vaccines.   This disclosure was made during his daily COVID-19 update where he stated that while Guyana has begun immunisation, authorities are working to ensure more vaccines are obtained by the end of the month. The country is expected to receive a donation of 20,000 vaccines from the Government of China along with the 102,000 vaccines courtesy of the COVAX facility.

“We’re still trying to tighten up the logistics of when exactly they’re coming in, we’re expecting some vaccines from Sinopharm which is a donation from the Chinese government. So those arrangements we are currently trying to tie up,” he said while adding that other bilateral arrangements are also being worked on.