The second wave of Covid in Guyana seems to have passed, in any case, all the figures confirm a clear improvement in the situation. The number of cases was almost divided by 2 in 15 days. As for vaccinations, 1,400 people have been vaccinated in Guyana.
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Posted on February 7, 2021 at 7:59 p.m.
The number of cases has been divided almost by 2 over the past 15 days, a marked slowdown in contamination confirmed by the interministerial crisis unit meeting at the prefecture of Cayenne on Friday
The figures we have are pretty good, an incidence rate of 114, we were at more than 300, a few weeks ago, a reproduction rate which is 07 while we know that from 1, there is danger.
I1400 people have been vaccinated in Guyana. One third is over 75 years old. But still many Guyanese remain reluctant to vaccination. Pharmacies in Guyana will be relays for the vaccination campaign.
We still have Guyanese who do not want to be vaccinated, who need extra time to be able to make their decision, we respect that, but it is really important to benefit, to take advantage of the period that we have at the moment to be able to go get vaccinated in anticipation of a third wave that is not excluded.
The borders between Guyana, Brazil and Suriname remain closed and the authorities are monitoring the possible entry of a variant of Covid into Guyanese territory. The epidemiological situation is observed on both sides of the borders.
We have very intensive monitoring of variants, both in our territory but also with our partners from SURINAME and Brazil.
To date, Guyana has recorded more than 16,000 cases and 79 deaths linked to Covid.
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