APPROXIMATELY 73.6 per cent of adolescents in Region Nine (Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo) have received the first dose of the United States’ Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine. The region’s adult population also recorded a 70.5 per cent vaccination rate; this is according to the region’s Regional Health Officer (RHO), Dr. Cerdel McWatt, during a … Continue reading Over 73 per cent of Region Nine adolescents get first dose of Pfizer