With the latest COVID-19 infections predominant among adults ages 18 to 39, Minister of Health Dr. Frank Anthony is appealing to persons within this age group to get vaccinated against the virus as they account for the lowest vaccination rate in the country.
According to Anthony, only 27.2% of Guyanese who are between 18 and 40 years have received a first dose of the vaccine. “We will have to work more on this age group because when we look at the number of infections, we see that these new cases are predominantly between the ages 18 and 40. So this group is more vulnerable to infection because they are more active and because of this they can spread the infection to others so it is important that we immunise this age group. I would like to make an appeal for the younger persons, people between 18 and 40, to come forward and get their vaccine because this would help us to contain the spread,” he said during his daily COVID-19 update, which was broadcast on Friday.
