The Minister of Health, Dr Frank Anthony yesterday announced that the Government Analyst-Food and Drug Department (GA-FDD) has granted emergency use approval of the Russian Sputnik and China’s Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccines in Guyana.
During the daily COVID-19 update, Dr Anthony said that the GA-FDD has approved the emergency use of the two vaccines in Guyana. He added that the paperwork for the two vaccines to be approved for emergency use in Guyana was submitted to the World Health Organisation (WHO).