– Hotspots in Diamond, Eccles, Lusignan, Success and Tuschen
A TOTAL of 5,809 individuals were vaccinated on Monday, taking the number of people vaccinated across Guyana since February to 92,410, according to Health Minister Dr. Frank Anthony.
During his daily COVID-19 update on Tuesday, the minister noted that 92,410 people had been vaccinated with their first dose on Monday. On Monday, the number of people vaccinated was 86,601, and as a result, 5,809 people had been vaccinated over the 24-hour period.
“The response has been good over the last few days,” said Dr. Anthony, adding: “On average, we’ve been getting about 6,000 people coming out every day, and we hope we could get more people vaccinated faster. ”He also assured members of the public that the second dose of vaccine that every vaccinated person is required to take is properly stored, and will be available to all individuals.
In addressing concerns over the period over which people should abstain from alcohol, the Health Minister also noted that there is no scientific rationale for why people should abstain for that prolonged period. “However, as with all vaccines, we prefer people not to drink when we come for vaccines, and immediately after abstinence,” he said, adding: “The reason is, if we are going to observe and see whether we see it or not. someone has side effects of the vaccine, then that person needs to be sober. ”
As such, he said that local health authorities are advising individuals who receive their vaccines not to consume any alcohol 24 hours before and 24 hours after, so that they can effectively monitor any adverse reactions to the vaccine. vaccine.
Although the rollout of vaccines has increased significantly in recent weeks, in addition to last weekend as everyone aged 18 and over is now eligible for the COVID-19 vaccines locally, there has been a surge of COVID cases. 19 locally.
“We have seen an increase in cases in Region Four and Region Three. We, in Region Seven, have also seen a number of cases, ”the minister said on Monday. He noted that local health authorities were monitoring these areas. In Region Four (Demerara-Mahaica), there has been a particular surge in cases observed at Diamond and Eccles on Demerara (EBD) of the East Bank, and at Lusignan and Success, on East Coast Demerara (ECD). “There are pockets where we see more cases, but generally when we look across the East Coast or Georgetown or East Bank, there are one or two cases in almost every village,” he said Minister for Health.
He said the same was true of Region Three (Essequibo-West Demerara Islands), where, in each village, there would be one or two cases. He noted, however, that a few were recorded in Tuschen, on the East Bank Essequibo.