Twice now my messages to friends have been left unread because they succumbed to COVID-19.
At the start of this pandemic, we stood on the periphery. It was thousands of miles away in China and the threat that it posed globally was perhaps underestimated. But even as it drew closer and we looked at the alarming number of infections and deaths emerging from countries like the United States, it was not us, but them; it was not our relatives or friends, but strangers.
More than a year after Guyana had its first case, we are all at risk as there have been over 10,000 confirmed cases and over 250 deaths.
