Guyana receives third COVAX vaccines shipment

By Shamar Meusa On In Guyana News |
Minister of Health Dr Frank Anthony (fourth, from right) receives the vaccines that were donated through COVAX. Among those flanking the minister are Canadian High Commissioner Mark Berman (second, from left), United States Ambassador Sarah-Ann Lynch (third, from left), British High Com-missioner Jane Miller (fourth, from left), Ambassador of the European Union Fernando Ponz Canto (centre) and PAHO Representative to Guyana Dr Luis Felipe Codina (second, from right). (Shamar Meusa Photo)
Minister of Health Dr Frank Anthony (fourth, from right) receives the vaccines that were donated through COVAX. Among those flanking the minister are Canadian High Commissioner Mark Berman (second, from left), United States Ambassador Sarah-Ann Lynch (third, from left), British High Com-missioner Jane Miller (fourth, from left), Ambassador of the European Union Fernando Ponz Canto (centre) and PAHO Representative to Guyana Dr Luis Felipe Codina (second, from right). (Shamar Meusa Photo)

Guyana on Friday received a third shipment of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines through the global COVAX initiative and Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) representative Dr Luis Felipe Codina announced that a consignment of 100,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine is due to arrive here next month.

A shipment comprising a total of 57,600 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine arrived on an Amerijet flight just around 1.30pm at the Cheddi Jagan Inter-national Airport (CJIA), where the announcement was made.

During a handing over ceremony at CJIA, Dr Codina confirmed that the shipment represented the third consignment of vaccines from the COVAX facility and noted that it could not be completed without donations from a number of countries.