NCTF approves decisions for CARICOM officials to do WHO approved pre-testing prior to arrival in Guyana
National COVID-19 Task Force, Monday, April 20, 2020 – The National COVID-19 Task Force (NCTF) today held its statutory weekly meeting. Chairman, Hon. Moses Nagamootoo, Prime Minister of Guyana, presented the guidance and advice of President David Granger on the issue of screening guidelines for CARICOM officials who have been invited to take part in the recount of ballots cast in the March 2 General and Regional Elections.
Prime Minister Nagamootoo advised the meeting that His Excellency disclosed that he had received proposals from the CARICOM Secretary-General, Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, for medical examinations of members of the delegation to be done in the members’ country of origin before their arrival in Guyana.
Following discussions, the NCTF took the decisions outlined below:-
- The CARICOM officials identified to participate in the recount of ballots be permitted to undergo WHO approved reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) tests for COVID-19 in their respective home countries prior to arrival in Guyana, and they will be permitted entry on the basis that such test results are negative;
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