2020 in Guyana

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See also:	Other events of 2020 Timeline of Guyana history

Events in the year 2020 in Guyana .

Incumbents

• President: Irfaan Ali
• Prime Minister: Mark Phillips

Events

• 11 March – The first case of COVID-19 in the country is reported: a 52-year-old woman suffering from underlying health conditions, including diabetes and hypertension. The woman died at the Georgetown Public Hospital, making her the first COVID-19 death in the country as well. ^[1]
• 18 March – All schools in the country were closed. ^[2]
• 19 March – The Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) closed Guyanese airspace to all international arrivals. ^[3]
• 2 August – Irfaan Ali succeeds David Granger as the 10th President of Guyana. ^[4]
• 12 September – Guyana–Venezuela territorial dispute: Juan Edghill, Minister of Public Affairs, expresses confidence that the International Court of Justice (ICJ) will rule in Guyana's favor in the border dispute with Venezuela. ^[5]

Deaths

• 7 April – John Percy Leon Lewis, 77, military officer; COVID-19 ^[6]
• 25 August – Sase Narain, politician, former Speaker of the National Assembly (b. 1925). ^[7]

See also

• 2020 in the Caribbean

References

1. "Breaking News! Guyana records first coronavirus-related death". Kaieteur News. 2020-03-11. Retrieved 2020-06-19.
2. "Guyana's COVID-19 cases now at five". Stabroek News. 2020-03-19. Retrieved 2020-06-19.
3. "DIRECTIVE: Airport Closure - March 19 - May 1 | Guyana Civil Aviation Authority". www.gcaa-gy.org. Retrieved 2020-06-19.
4. "Guyana swears in Irfaan Ali as president after long stand-off". BBC. 2020-08-03.
5. "Guyana confía en una solución justa a la disputa con Venezuela en la CIJ". www.msn.com (in Spanish). EFE. September 12, 2020. Retrieved Sep 12, 2020.
6. "#Col. John Lewis Succumbs To COVID-19". 93.1 Real FM. April 9, 2020. Archived from the original on April 9, 2020. Retrieved February 27, 2021.
7. Former Speaker Sase Narain passes away at 95