Up to last weekend, nearly 30% of the adult population of Region Two had been fully vaccinated against COVID-19, according to Regional Health Officer Dr Ranjeev Singh, who says newly implemented measures to restrict access by the unvaccinated to government services have resulted in an uptake.
Dr Singh told Stabroek News that a total of 14,700 or 48.2% of the 30,500-member adult population received the first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, with 9,200 persons or 29.5% getting the follow-up dose in the region.
“Due to the implementation of the new measures by the Government of Guyana we are seeing that persons are coming forward to be vaccinated across the region,” Dr Singh said, while noting that government workers and residents of Amerindian villages were among those seeking vaccines.