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L-R: Health Minister Frank Anthony, Prime Minister Mark Phillips, Indian High Commissioner KJ Srinivasa and Foreign Affairs Minister Hugh Todd at CJIA on Sunday morning to receive the vaccines.
GEORGETOWN, Guyana Guyana’s immunisation campaign to protect citizens against the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic got a major boost with the donation of 80,000 Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccines from Indian Government.
The vaccines arrived at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) on Sunday, where Indian High Commissioner KJ Srinivasa officially handed over the batch of vaccines to Guyana.
Prime Minister (PM) Mark Phillips, who is also the coordinator of the National COVID-19 task force, along with Health Minister Frank Anthony and Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Minister Hugh Todd were at the airport to receive the jabs.
January 30, 2021 Share
Brazil’s neighbors are starting to restrict international travel amid concern about the spread of a new coronavirus variant that experts say may be more contagious and driving a second wave of infections.
Guyana’s government closed its border with South America’s largest country on Friday, two days after Colombia halted passenger flights to and from Brazil; both nations cited the new variant as their reason. Argentina’s government decided to cut in half the number of flights to Brazil starting Feb. 1, according to a Jan. 27 report in state news agency Telam. And Peru on Jan. 26 banned air traffic from Brazil; the governor of Peru’s Loreto department bordering Brazil called on the government to shut down land crossings, too.
Read more about Brazil neighbours limit travel to halt new Covid-19 strain from spreading on Business Standard. The Brazilian variant was first identified in four travelers who had been in Brazil and were tested at an airport outside Tokyo, Japan
RIO DE JANEIRO Brazil’s neighbours are starting to restrict international travel amid concern about the spread of a new coronavirus variant that experts say may be more contagious and driving a second wave of infections. Guyana’s government closed its border with South America’s largest country on Friday, two days after Colombia halted passenger flights […]