…health officials awaiting test results
…market at Kumaka undergoes sanitisation

HEALTH officials at the Hinterland town of Mabaruma are awaiting the results of tests which were conducted on a patient who was placed in isolation at a designated COVID-19 facility at the North West District town, after she displayed symptoms of the Coronavirus.
Minister of Public Health, Volda Lawrence confirmed, in an update provided by the health ministry on Tuesday afternoon’ that a patient is in isolation at the town.

On Tuesday afternoon, Regional Health Officer, Dr Steven Cheefoon noted, in an interview on Radio Mabaruma’s 95.1FM, NCN’s relay station, that the samples of the patient were still being tested and he noted that the results should be expected today. He urged residents not to panic but to practise safe health habits outlined by the authorities to curb the spread of the virus.

Samples were taken at the regional hospital at Mabaruma on Monday, after the patient displayed symptoms of the pandemic.

On Monday, officials at Mabaruma placed a lockdown on the business area of Kumaka. Residents noted that persons in the business area were not practising social distancing measures as outlined by the health ministry. Reports are that sanitisation efforts at the business community were undertaken on Tuesday, and several businesses were reopened several hours after, around 13:00hrs, the designated ‘market day’ at Kumaka.
Guyana has so far recorded 33 cases of the dreaded pandemic with 5 deaths being attributed to the virus.