Region Seven has seen a steep decline in COVID-19 cases and its Chairman, Kenneth Williams believes that this is due to more persons getting vaccinated against the virus.
The region currently has only seven active COVID-19 cases.
Williams told Stabroek News that although there is still some amount of vaccine hesitancy in the Region, the steep drop in cases can be attributed to the rising vaccination number. He related that over 11,000 persons in the Region would need to get vaccinated for herd immunity to be achieved and as of yesterday 8,747 persons had received a COVID-19 vaccine.
