The curfew ended in time for the 52nd Republic anniversary. There were crowds at the stadium, the National Park and other venues as people cavorted like social distancing rules never existed. Maybe COVID now seems like an illusion for some. The fear seemed to have passed and vaccinated-only events seemed to have reassured revelers that the worse is over. Though the daily COVID figures are still rising, and deaths are still being announced the exhaustion of living two years in a pandemic has led to some of the people letting go and fearlessly partying. Hopefully we will not see a rise of COVID cases within the next few days as we did after the Christmas holidays.
The theme for this year’s Republic celebrations was ‘Guyana Together, Reflect, Celebrate and Transform’.
