The Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) will remain closed until May 1, 2020, as Guyana moves to stop the transmission of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. This has been confirmed by the Ministry of Public Infrastructure (MoPI).
The ministry apologises for any inconvenience this extension may cause.
All airports were initially closed on March 18 for a period of two weeks to all international flights, except for outgoing flights, cargo flights, medivac flights and technical stops.
In a missive, the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) wrote the MoPI Minister, David Patterson, sometime today, informing him of the extension.
In the communique published on the MoTP’s Facebook page, the Minister is informed by the GCCA, that the implementation of the programme with its few aforementioned exceptions, was very effective and assisted tremendously with slowing the spread of COVID-19 by limiting international contacts.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has stated that all passengers arriving from a known coronavirus destination must be subjected to mandatory fourteen (14) day quarantine.
“With our initial fourteen days about to expire and with the lessons learnt together with the prevailing regional and global situation, I hereby propose that the Directive be extended for thirty (30) days after it expiration, until May 1st 2020,” a GCAA official informed the minister.
