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POD-19
by Vishani R
Guyana, a small South American country with Caribbean heritage, joins the rest of the world in battling COVID-19. But, with the pandemic coming emerging while the country grappled with a five-month nation election, did the country realise the devastating effects too late? And now with a new government in place, is enough being done to protect citizens? POD-19 tackles these & much more!
Episodes
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Episode 14: Omicron threat and the ‘blue book’ mania
The goal of herd immunity appears a bit more elusive with the advent of the new Omicron variant. Yet, the forgery of vaccination cards (blue books) represents an added layer of challenges to the fight against the novel coronavirus. In this episode of POD-19, Advisor to the Ministry of Health Dr....
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Episode 13: The omicron variant
A new variant of concern of the novel coronavirus- the Omicron variant- has emerged just weeks after many countries, including Guyana, have been able to overcome the deadly Delta variant. Some countries have blocked international travel, hoping to slow the spread of the variant but there is still...
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Pod-19 #12: Vaccinating the younger children
As Guyana and other Caribbean countries move closer to herd immunity, five to 11 year old children are now set to receive the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines as well. This comes as more than one million children within this age group in the United States of America (USA) have already received this...
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Episode 11: Revaccination in focus, again
The Minister of Health Dr. Frank Anthony has come out clearly to say that the government has no policy of revaccination at this time, even as the United States (US) will roll out its vaccination requirements from November, limiting the travel of thousands of Guyanese vaccinated with the...
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Episode 10: COVID-19 Booster shots- Do we need them?
Guyana has already received more than one million doses of the COVID-19 vaccines. These include those jabs that are given in single and double doses and according to the local health authorities, there are enough vaccines to immunise the entire adult population- about 410,469 adults. But, with an...
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Episode Nine: Revaccination for international travel?
As part of measures to keep the population safe, countries have begun rolling out vaccination requirements for international travel. Emerging out of those requirements, however, are concerns that some people, vaccinated with some vaccines, may be prevented from travelling. In Guyana, there have...
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Episode Eight: Delta surges vs learning losses
Schools have been reopened with the intention of curbing learning losses, including school dropouts and absenteeism. The reopening of schools has, however, taken place while Guyana is experiencing a surge in new COVID-19 infections, hospitalisations and unfortunately, deaths - presumably caused…
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Episode Seven: Vaccination rollout for children steams ahead
Some schools will be returning to full face-to-face classes on September 6 when the new academic year commences while others will be operating with a shift system. Ahead of the reopening of schools, the vaccination rollout of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines for children aged 12 to 18 years old…
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Episode Six: The reopening of schools & the Pfizer vaccines
Soon, children are expected to return to their classrooms as the local education authorities continue working towards the reopening of schools. An integral part of this reopening plan is vaccinating students with the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines to give them a greater level of protection against the...
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Episode 5: Stricter guidelines, increased vaccination
As August rolled in, a menu of updated COVID-19 emergency measures were published in the official gazette. These measures were unprecedented, placing a strong focus on vaccination and mandating that government services could not be accessed without appointment for those individuals still...
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Episode 4: Could we be heading towards stricter guidelines?
Widespread vaccination has resulted in a rollback of some of the COVID-19 restrictions instituted more than a year ago. Yet, globally we’re seeing a surge in cases and deaths linked to the Delta variant of COVID-19. Right here in Guyana, stricter guidelines - and not necessarily relaxing the...
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Episode 3: 500+ deaths, children & variants
Minister of Health, Dr. Frank Anthony provides a startling update on the condition of the children in the COVID hospital and why Guyana is not currently testing for variants of the coronavirus, amid the country’s rising COVID-19 death toll
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Episode 2: Children in the ‘COVID’ hospital
After 16 months into the COVID-19 pandemic, amid a robust vaccination rollout, a startling revelation was made that children are becoming severely affected by the disease. In this week’s episode of POD-19, we discuss what we know about the infections in children so far and the status of the...
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Episode 1: Unpacking variants of the coronavirus
As the Delta variant of the coronavirus spreads rapidly around the globe, Guyana is still unable to identify what variants of concern are in-country. In our first episode of POD-19, we’re joined by Guyanese Scientist in Canada, Dr. Jacquelyn Jhingree, who talks about why variants of the…
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Pod-19 - Warming up
Advisor to the Ministry of Health, Dr. Leslie Ramsammy addresses local concerns over the shortage of the second doses of the COVID-19 vaccines, fear-mongering and myths and, the benefits of getting vaccinated.
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Guyana, a small South American country with Caribbean heritage, joins the rest of the world in battling COVID-19. But, with the pandemic coming emerging while the country grappled with a five-month nation election, did the country realise the devastating effects too late? And now with a new government in place, is enough being done to protect citizens? POD-19 tackles these & much more!
HOSTED BY
Vishani R
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