From today, all persons aged 18 years and older are eligible for the COVID-19 vaccines locally, Adviser to Guyana’s Minister of Health, Dr. Leslie Ramsammy has said in a post on his Facebook page.
On Thursday, Dr. Ramsammy lamented the spread of false claims that the country does not have enough vaccines to give the required second dose to individuals who received their first ‘jab’ of the COVID-19 vaccine.
“I wish to make it pellucidly clear, everyone that has had a first dose is guaranteed their second dose,” Dr. Ramsammy said, adding: “And I can say that with confidence, and with 100 per cent assurance, because for every dose we have administered, we have put aside the second dose.”
To illustrate his point, he explained that of the 20,000 Sinopharm vaccines Guyana has received from the Government of China, only 10,000 individuals would be able to get that vaccine.
