Travellers only need single dose of COVID vaccine to enter Guyana

Returning Guyanese being processed at the CJIA last year (Department of Public Information photo)

Under the newly gazetted civil aviation health and safety regulations, travellers seeking entry to Guyana will only be required to have been inoculated with a single dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.

The regulations, published in the Official Gazette on Saturday and coming into effect today, also mandate that travellers have a negative molecular COVID-19 RNA PCR test taken within 72 hours prior to arrival.

The regulations, which have been issued by Public Works Minister Juan Edghill, who has responsibility for aviation, stipulates that proof of vaccination means a document indicating that the person has received at least one dose of either the Astra-Zenerca, Sputnik-V, Sino-pharm, Sinovac, Pfizer, Moderna or Johnson and Johnson vaccine.