Guyana on Monday received 83,000 doses of the Sputnik V vaccine from Russia; Previously, Guyana received 55,000 doses.
In total, Guyana has ordered 400,000 doses of Sputnik V, split into two components of 200,000 each.
It will ensure that a total of 200,000 Guyanese are fully immunized with both doses.
Of the vaccines received today, it means that Guyana has now received 98,000 doses of Component 1 and 40,000 of Component 2.
The last batch of vaccines arrived just after 09:00 hours on Monday at Cheddi Jagan International Airport.
The 40,000 doses of Component 2 of the vaccine will be available for individuals who have already received the first dose and will need a second vaccine injection soon.
“The vaccines will come in portions and as they come, we will continue to distribute them,” said Health Minister, Dr. Frank Anthony, during his COVID-19 update on Monday.
The government will spend US $ 20 on each dose of the Sputnik V vaccine; this amounts to a total of US $ 8M for the 400,000 doses of the vaccine.
Guyana has already received 20,000 doses of the Sinopharm vaccine as a gift from China and 80,000 doses of Astra-Zeneca Oxford as a gift from India.
Guyana later received 24,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses through the COVAX Facility, a partnership between the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovation (CEPI), Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, the Pan American Health Organization / World Health Organization (PAHO / WHO) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF).
Last Friday, the government announced that everyone over the age of 18 can receive the vaccine; Initially, priority was given to frontline health workers and the over 40s.