The Health Ministry is monitoring all arrivals from West Africa, where the death toll from the Ebola virus has risen to over 3,000, but Chief Medical Officer Dr Shamdeo Persaud says it is “highly unlikely” that it the disease will reach Guyana since the country is an “end of travel zone.”
He said the Health Ministry has set up a register at both the Cheddi Jagan International Airport and the Ogle International Airport to list persons who are coming with passports from Africa and they are making contact with those people on a weekly basis to ensure that they are well.
At least 20 persons travelling from West Africa have entered Guyana. Persaud said the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) register has recorded 17 arrivals, while three others were logged at the Ogle Airport from the continent.
None of these persons were infected with the disease. But Persaud noted that the Ministry has nonetheless developed
