Fears that the COVID-19 vaccines might be unsafe and could have deadly side effects have left the majority of the adult population in Region Ten skeptical about getting immunised against the disease, which continues to claim lives in Guyana, according to regional officials.
Health Minister Dr Frank Anthony recently disclosed that in nine of the ten administrative regions, about 30% of the adult population had received a first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. The exception was Region Ten, where he said the figure was 8.6%.
The national COVID-19 vaccination campaign in Guyana began in February and up to the end of last week over 150,000 persons have received their first dose of a vaccine.