The Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) is calling on citizens and workers to embrace all the measures put out by government, healthcare experts and supporting international agencies to stop the spread of the Coronavirus (COVID-19).
Guyana is at risk of facing a national health care crisis as a result COVID-19 if it fails to adequately respond to this public health risk. This country is reported to be among the least prepared countries for this pandemic that is resulting in countries scrambling to shut borders, business and others shutting down, the union noted.
It added that in the United States of America (USA) there are grave concerns about the adequacy of supply to meet the needs of the people. Not only of those who fall sick but the consequential needs, as a result of this disease and the potential pervasive impact it has on societies.
“We the people of Guyana and the GTUC want this government to place no hindrances in the way, political or otherwise, in addressing the public health safety and well-being of every single Guyanese. This is not the time for politicking. This is not the time for divisions,” GTUC said.
GTUC calls on all concerned to put politics aside, come together and focus on protecting the lives of health care workers and every individual trapped within the borders of Guyana.
“We expect the relevant government agencies and the business community to join in, lend full support. In this situation it is not about the fittest and richest surviving, it is about all being at risk and facing the potential exhaustion of limited human and material resources, even death,” the union stated.
