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Mar 17, 2021 Letters

DEAR EDITOR,

Kaieteur News – The vaccination campaign, dubbed the largest in history, is well underway and the developed countries have a clear advantage. Nevertheless, Guyana, with donations of 80,000 doses of AstraZeneca/Covishield from India and 20,000 doses of Sinopharm Vaccine from China, is currently giving to health workers and persons over 60 years. We have to be thankful for the doses received.
Both the vaccines being administered in Guyana require a two-dose regimen. So Editor, like many other Guyanese, I am curious to know if the Health Ministry is keeping a reserve of half of the doses to give the second jab? As much as we would like to vaccinate as much citizens as we can, not giving the two jabs as required will render the vaccination drive useless. The manufacturers specifically stated a two-dose regimen is required. It was demonstrated in clinical trials that one dose is not as effective in dealing with the virus as opposed to the two dosing regimen. With the scarcity of vaccines worldwide, there is no clear indication when Guyana will receive vaccines in sizeable quantities to inoculate the vast majority required for herd immunity if that can ever be attained with the constant virus mutations. I understand that both the Sinopharm and AstraZeneca vaccines are administered at the MOH established vaccination sites. I think it would have been better to administer the Sinopharm in smaller manageable communities where one can keep track so the second dose can be administered easily because there are only 10,000 doses of this vaccine. The AstraZeneca which we have 80,000 doses should be administered in the more populated areas. The government should also be commended for its efforts in securing vaccines for our people.

B. John

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