Latest update March 29th, 2024 12:59 AM
Feb 05, 2020 News
No suspected, probable or confirmed case of the Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) has been detected in Guyana. The novel Coronavirus has been detected in two other countries – the United States and Canada in the Region of the Americas, but no case has been detected in the Caribbean-Sub Region of the Americas.
“Let me assure the Guyanese public that all efforts to maintain vigilance and monitoring of the virus are in place,” Volda Lawrence, Minister of Public Health (MoPH) said yesterday.
“We have put several measures in place and have increased surveillance at the country’s ports of entry with strengthened specialised training in all categories of workers,” she said.
The Coronavirus outbreak started in the city of Wuhan in Hubei Providence, China in December 2019. The source of the virus has not been confirmed. There is a worldwide effort by scientists to develop a vaccine. “While this virus started off in China, as a Region we are flagging all high-risk countries,” Lawrence said.
She further indicated that the situation here is being addressed at an Inter-Ministerial level with her Ministry being the focal point.
Port health authorities at the main official points of entry have commenced screening of all travellers from high-risk countries who will be monitored for 14 days by the MOPH officials as stipulated by the Pan American Health Organisation/World Health Organisation (PAHO/WHO).
Among the menu of measures put in place by the Ministry officials is to conduct follow-up assessments via telephone calls and through daily visits over a two-week period to all persons who travelled from China to Guyana over the last month. This is to necessitate checks on their state of health.
The Ministry also advised Guyanese to “avoid travelling to high-risk countries and maintain established hand-washing and hand-hygiene measures and to report to the nearest health facility should you experience any respiratory (BREATHING) problems”.
The Ministry is also appealing to Guyanese and other nationals here to stay informed and seek information from reliable and reputable sources such as the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA); the hemispheric Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO), and the global World Health Organisation (WHO).
Minister Lawrence is cautioning the nation not to fall victims of questionable or unverified information, but rather, to contact the Ministry on telephone numbers: 226-1224, 226-7457 or the Ministry’s Hotline: 223–7139/9.
For further information persons can also visit the Ministry’s website: www.health.gov.gy; its Facebook page @Ministry of Public Health-Guyana; on twitter @Ministryofpubl1 and on Instagram @moph_guyana.
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