Guyana expected to receive some 3,800 vaccines in February, March – President Ali

(Department of Public Information of Guyana) His Excellency Dr Irfaan Ali announced (30 January) that some 3,800 COVID-19 vaccines will be available to Guyanese by February and March and will be immediately allocated to our frontline health workers, people with co-morbidities and the elderly.

The President during an address to the nation said that his Government has been working behind the scenes to pursue all possible means to bring the virus under control and to get the appropriate protection.

He said that last year, Guyana joined COVAX and is now eligible to receive vaccines for 20% of our population, which will be free of cost. Those are the vaccines expected from next month.

President Ali however stated that the Government will be looking at different avenues to get a larger percentage of the population protected and will be aggressively going after the vaccines.

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Source: CARICOM TODAY