However, the country will maintain, for travellers into Guyana, that they produce vaccination cards before they are allowed on the plane.
Asked about the possibility of infected persons entering the country, Dr Anthony responded, “even if we have people who are positive, we have enough capacity to be able to treat people whether they are in hospital because the Ocean View facility we have 198 beds so if people get sick, we can deal with any surge and in addition to that at all our regional hospitals we who have beds for COVID patients.”
There are ten patients at the Infectious Disease Hospital, Liliendaal, and since January of this year the number of cases has decreased with less persons being hospitalised.
According to the minister, 68 per cent of Guyanese are fully vaccinated with almost 100 per cent taking at least one dose of the vaccine, which is high and puts the country is in a good position.
