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hip, there are many instances here others travel to trade uel and other commodities efore returning back to enezuela. Stabroek News nderstands that even those ho visit to trade are vaccinatd and are recorded by health fficials. The number of migrants ow residing in the area as corded by immigration offials is an estimated at 400 ersons. It was noted that if the umber of persons who travel Guyana to trade or even seek medical treatment are to be included in this estimate, only then would the number surpass 500.
Commenting on the challenges the region faces while trying to provide assistance to the migrants, the Chairman said in addition to the continuing strain on health services, there is difficulty in providing sufficient food for those who have relocated to Guyanese soil. Additionally, he said migrants in the areas such as Khan Hill and Whitewater are faced with the challenge of not being able to readily access potable water and are now depending on rainwater they manage to collect.
“So far, the health sector continues to do the screening but, of course, it is putting a strain on our already limited health supplies, particularly drugs. We have doctors dispatched in nearly all of the communities that have the Venezuelan Warraus. We also have Venezuelans of other ethnicities here in Kumaka and we are trying to ascertain some of the things that they are experiencing and so. In some cases, such as in Khan Hill and Whitewater, where they are not close to any spring or running streams where they can get potable water from and so, we rely heavily on the rain for water and fortunately we would have had some over the last day and so. And because of the large number of persons, the food is running out very fast. The CDC [Civil Defence Commission] would have assisted with some food items and what we would have got-