With three of Guyana’s health ministry-affiliated workers currently before the courts for allegedly forging government-issued COVID-19 vaccination booklets, the country’s Health Minister, Dr Frank Anthony, warned that persons found guilty would be removed from the Ministry of Health.
Speaking during his daily COVID-19 briefing, the health minister said he is aware that there are persons who have been arrested in connection with forging vaccination booklets and commended the Guyana Police Force (GPF) for their investigations.
Maintaining the presumption of innocence guaranteed to persons under the law, the Minister said if persons are found guilty, “they would not be working with the ministry anymore”.
“It is unfortunate that nurses who were placed in a position of trust to administer these vaccines and make sure that the process goes smoothly, have chosen to breach that trust and sell the vaccination cards,” Dr Anthony added.
Guyana’s health minister said nurses are governed by specific laws which empower the nursing council and being found guilty of such an offence would be a breach of professional conduct.
