50 samples were selected to be sent to CARPHA, but he later revealed that those samples were never sent due to shipping issues.
Between December 2021 and January/February 2022, Guyana recorded a rapid increase in cases and health authorities linked it to the presence of the Omicron variant – which is more transmissible than other variants.
Meanwhile, Guyana has managed to procure a genetic sequencing machine and it is expected that the government will be able to test for the variants locally.
The machine was received through a malaria project but it can also be used to test for COVID variants.
