Guyana has an adequate number of COVID-19 vaccines to achieve herd immunity, Minister of Health, Dr. Frank Anthony says.
With the Delta variant of the Coronavirus circulating, Guyana aims to fully immunise at least 90 percent of its population to achieve herd immunity.
During his daily Covid-19 update on Friday, Dr. Anthony said there are adequate amounts of Astra Zeneca, Sinopharm, Sputnik V, Pfizer, and Johnson and Johnson vaccines to significantly lessen the spread of the deadly virus here.
“With AstraZeneca, we have given most of the first doses and we have about 55, 000 or so persons who need to get their second dose, so we need to get those second doses. In terms of Sinopharm, we have adequate vaccines for both first and second doses, and Sputnik V, we have first and second doses currently available, J&J, as you know it’s one dose so we have those available as well,” Dr. Anthony said.
He said the country also has enough doses of the Pfizer vaccine which is being administered to children between the ages of 12 and 18, along with pregnant and breastfeeding women.
Dr. Anthony said the country’s vaccination rate also continues to grow. Currently, 376,436 persons or 73.4 percent of the adult population have received their first dose of the vaccine while 236,238 persons or 46.1% of the adult population are fully immunised.
