COVID-19 ravages Guyana, PPP/C band plays on

Nov 26, 2020 Letters

Dear Editor,

The PPP/C Government, when it was in Opposition, had much to say about the APNU+AFC’s management of COVID-19. They even boasted their own COVID-19 task force.
Thrusted to the helm of governance and it is clear that there were no policies developed by the PPP/C’s shadow task force. Its current Task Force members are a secret. And even with two former Ministers of Health, Leslie Ramsammy and Bheri Ramsaran as advisors, within the Ministry of Health, the government is no closer to having a handle on COVID-19.
The continuing outbreaks, in places like Siparuta, Region 6 and Bartica, Region 7, are a constant reminder that the Government does not have the pandemic under control. Far from it. Bartica has been re-designated a COVID-19 hotspot.
Worst, we commensurate in grief with friends and family mourning the loss of Deputy Mayor, Rudolph Williams, of Anna Regina, Region 2, who died recently after reportedly being hospitalised with COVID-19.
It is clear as day that it was a colossal miscalculation and very bad judgment on the part of the Irfaan Ali administration initiating the rapid re-opening of the country and economy. They must not, however, allow shame to prevent a reversal of policy.
Arrivals at the airports have registered as COVID-19 positive; prisoners have tested positive; far-flung communities have not been spared the ravages of COVID-19; students who have returned to classrooms are rapidly testing positive, as well.
COVID-19 infections and deaths in Guyana over three months have proliferated, and the spread, pervasive.
It is perhaps understandably why recently: “In its latest travel health notice, the United States’ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has listed Guyana as a country where there is a very high risk of contracting COVID-19 and has warned against travelling here, ” according to Stabroek News.
All of this while, the administration’s status quo on COVID management remains. The Titanic, that is Guyana, is sinking and the PPP/C’s band plays on.

Sherod Avery Duncan, MP

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