With over 150,000 persons receiving their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, the Minister of Health Dr Frank Anthony yesterday said that Guyana has reached a milestone in its inoculation programme.
Dr Anthony during a brief meeting with members of the media yesterday stated that approximately 31% of the country’s adult population amounting to 150,694 persons have received the COVID-19 vaccine. In addition, a total of 6,037 persons have been fully immunised after receiving both doses of a vaccine.
“Another important thing to note is that initially we had opened up vaccination to persons 60 years and above and I’m quite pleased for that age category we now have 61.3 per cent of those persons being immunised,” he informed while adding that the authorities are aiming for at least 85% and will continue to work toward achieving that.