168 stranded Guyanese return from NYC

…Caribbean batch set for Friday arrival

Another 168 Guyanese who had been stranded in the United States were on Wednesday brought home on an Eastern Airlines flight — the third such repatriation flight.
The two previous flights had departed from Miami International Airport, whereas this Wednesday flight had departed from the JFK Airport in New York.
The next repatriation flight, Caribbean Airlines flight BW 3461, is scheduled for Friday, and will be bringing home Guyanese stranded in the Caribbean. This newspaper was told that that flight will depart Piarco International Airport in the Republic of Trinidad & Tobago and travel to Barbados, before heading to Guyana.
48 Guyanese returned home from the United States of America on Tuesday, after being stranded by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The National COVID-19 Task Force has approved the controlled re-entry of approximately 300 Guyanese through the nation’s international airports, provided they followed a series of strict guidelines, including securing a negative COVID-19 test before travelling to Guyana, and agreeing to self-quarantine on arrival here.