The Regional Executive Officer (REO) of Region Nine Carl Parker has confirmed that there have been positive cases of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) diagnosed in two indigenous communities within the region.
Parker revealed that the five new cases that the region recorded on Tuesday are from Sand Creek and Potarinau, two indigenous communities located in the South Central Rupununi district.
He revealed that a team went into the two communities on Wednesday to transport the infected persons to Lethem, where they will be isolated. At the time he spoke to Stabroek News, Parker said that the team had not yet returned to Lethem. He added that once those persons are brought to Lethem, contact tracing protocols will commence and the persons who were in contact with the infected patients will be quarantined.
