20.3% of adult population fully vaccinated – Anthony

Just over 20% of Guyana’s adult population has been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and health Minister Dr Frank Anthony has said that the number of persons who have been administered second dose vaccinations should surpass 100,000 this week. His disclosures were made during his daily COVID-19 update yesterday.

Anthony reported that as of yesterday a total of 98,635 persons have received their second doses, accounting for 20.3% of person 18 years and older.

“That represents about 20.3% of our population, so we are improving gradually and we look forward to those numbers going up during this week.”

As it relates to first doses, Anthony said a total of 227,690 persons have received one, which accounts for 46.8% of the country’s adult population.

Meanwhile, the minister noted that there were a number of vaccination ‘drive-thru’ programmes in various regions over the weekend. He said that the authorities have seen mixed reactions to the programme, which is aimed at increasing the vaccine uptake in the country.

In relation to a ‘drive-thru’ held in Region Six, he stated that they didn’t have a lot of persons coming forward however as work continues he hopes for a better turn out. However, in regions Two and Three, the minister said that there was a good turnout.

“Of the three… done over the weekend I think the ones in Region 3 and 2 we were able to get quite a number of people coming to the drive-thru,” he said. Anthony did not provide a breakdown of the number of persons seen at each drive thru.