Approximately 67.2 percent of Guyana’s adult population has been fully vaccinated against the devastating COVID-19 virus, as the Ministry of Health advances efforts to ensure Guyana reaches herd immunity.
According to statistics, this means that about 344,596 Guyanese adults received the full jab, since the rollout of the massive vaccination campaign.
Records show too that 444, 950 adults, or 86.7 percent of the adult population have received the first dose.
During the COVID-19 update on Thursday, Health Minister, Dr. Frank Anthony said 35, 373 or 48.5 percent of Guyanese between the ages of 12 and 17 took their first jab, while 25, 876 or 35.5 percent of the age cohort is fully vaccinated.
Moreover, a total of 6,325 or 6.2 percent of children ages five to 11, got the first dose of the covid 19 vaccine and 1,529 doses of the second jab were distributed to the same age cohort.
Although the five-to 11-year-old vaccine drive was recently rolled out by the government, Minister Anthony reiterated the need for improved partnership with parents.
He emphasized that the approach will ensure more children are protected.
“[E]ven while we are rolling this out, remember we waited a long time to be able to access these types of vaccines [for children] between five and 11, so now that we have the vaccines, it’s important that we get parents to bring their children to be vaccinated. You don’t want your child to go back to school and be vulnerable to an infection,” Dr. Anthony urged.
