A donation of 3,000 doses of the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccines from Barbados has kick-started the first phase of COVID-19 vaccinations in Guyana with frontline workers set to receive their first shots today.
This was disclosed by Minister of Health Dr Frank Anthony who said that the first set of persons to be inoculated with the vaccine are the frontline workers at the Infectious Diseases Hospital at Liliendaal and the George-town Public Hospital (GPHC).
The first vaccination exercise should begin today and marks a major development in Guyana’s battle against the virus which has officially claimed the lives of 182 persons although the death toll is believed to be higher.
