Guyana yesterday received some 42,120 doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine through the COVAX facility.
The third shipment of Pfizer vaccines came as a donation from the United States via the COVAX mechanism which has been working to help with vaccine equality around the world. Minister of Health, Dr. Frank Anthony, United States Ambassador, Sarah-Ann Lynch and other officials were present at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri yesterday afternoon to receive same.
Following the arrival of the vaccines, the ambassador stated that the donation of the 42,120 doses, brings the total of number vaccines donated to Guyana from COVAX to over 300,000.
She added that she was happy that the United States and others from the international community have been able to work and ensure that Guyana has all the vaccines that are necessary.
Dr. Anthony during his remarks, stated that the donations from the United States to COVAX have been able to bolster what the facility has been trying to do.
“So gradually we are narrowing the inequality… I think now the biggest challenge is, while vaccines are available is to get [people] vaccinated and I think we have to work more on that,” he said. To this end he noted that the authorities still have quite a way to go to dispel misinformation about vaccines even as he thanked the United States for its support since the beginning of the pandemic.
With this latest shipment Guyana has now received a total of 288,990 doses of the Pfizer vaccine. The first shipment of Pfizer amounted to some 146,250 doses with another 100,620 in the second tranche.
