Curfew extended to June 3, airports remain closed

Georgetown: The National COVID-19 Task Force (NCTF) has extended the national curfew and other emergency measures that were put in place to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus until June 3, 2020.

These measures were gazetted on April 9th by Former Public Health Minister, Volda Lawrence, and were expected to remain in effect until May 3, 2020. However, the Government has announced these measures will be extended for another month.

This is will see the daily curfew (18:00h to 06:00h) remaining in full effect.

Only gazetted essential services and essential workers will be permitted to operate during the curfew period.

“The enforcement of all measures will be expanded and tightened by the Guyana Police Force,” it was warned.

Meanwhile, Guyana’s airports will also remain closed to incoming international passengers until June 3.