An average of 5,000 persons are being vaccinated daily as Guyana’s COVID-19 inoculation process continues apace.
This was disclosed by Minister of Health, Dr Frank Anthony during his COVID-19 update yesterday, where he noted that on some days there is a good turnout of persons to receive the vaccine while it is not the same on others.
“We do on average about 5,000 to 6,000 a day. Some days are better than others and we have noticed that on the weekends we don’t get as much turnout as we expected,” he said while adding that they however continue to keep the vaccination centres open and call on persons to come out and receive their vaccines.
Dr Anthony noted that as of Tuesday, some 128,740 persons have received a first dose of the COVID-19 vaccines across the country. Additionally some 2,941 persons have so far received their second shot and can now be considered fully immunised.
“So I think we’re making good progress because this represents about a quarter of our adult population, a little bit more than a quarter than our adult population,” he indicated.
Meanwhile, the Minister noted that as cases of the virus continue to rise, the authorities are still conducting monitoring in some areas that can be considered hotspots. To this end he mentioned that some of the communities that he had mentioned previously, continue to have high numbers of cases.
“In Region Four where we have the most cases, we have seen that around Diamond/Eccles area we have had a number of cases there and those cases pretty much remain high. On the east coast we have seen cases around Mon Repos, Lusignan. Within that area and in Georgetown we have cases in Kitty and in Lodge and some other communities in Georgetown,” the minister said during the update,
However he iterated that in almost every village in Region Four, one or two cases are found. In addition to that, the Tuschen area in Region Three still remains one of concern within that region. Anthony said that as the authorities have seen the hotspots emerging, close monitoring is still being done.
