The US government yesterday donated 1,000 doses of Paxlovid, a drug used to treat COVID-19, to Guyana. A US Embassy press release said that the medication complements a separate donation of 354,660 Pfizer vaccine doses.
The release emphasized that vaccination continues to be the first line of defence against COVID-19 and the United States, through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and other U.S. Government agencies, worked closely with Guyana throughout the pandemic to protect public health and strengthen Guyana’s response to COVID-19. These resources, the US Embassy said, helped Guyana with community engagement, infection prevention and control, and laboratory systems.
