23 pregnant women were at the hospital; pregnant women accounted for a majority of the patients at the hospital.
Previously, Dr. Anthony explained that during pregnancy, women’s immune systems may become a bit weakened and as such, they may be more vulnerable to contracting the virus.
And, based on new research, he said that scientists have found that it is safe for pregnant women to get vaccinated during any trimester or while breastfeeding.
Meanwhile, generally, a total of 399,829 adults (or 77.9 per cent of the targeted adult population) have received COVID-19 vaccines; 276,888 (or 54 per cent) people have received two vaccine doses.
It is expected that by Tuesday, Guyana would administer more than 400,000 first doses of the COVID-19 vaccines.
Additionally, some 29,088 children between the ages of 12 and 18 have received their first Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine dose while 20,270 children received both their first and second doses.
