The Ministry of Health has sourced $8 million from its partners to establish the capacity to conduct the H1N1 testing in Guyana instead of sending its specimens overseas.This is according to Minister of Health, Dr. Leslie Ramsammy, who at a press conference on Monday,China NFL Jerseys, told media operatives that steps are being taken to establish the mechanism for local testing of H1N1 virus at the National Public Health Reference Laboratory.“Given the fact that H1N1 is here in the world to stay and it is part of our health story in Guyana, we believe that we should have the capacity to test right here so that we could reduce the time it takes (to get confirmation) overseas,” Minister Ramsammy said.He explained that it would cost some $8 million to establish the open platform to test for H1N1 and the Ministry of Health has already secured that funding.According to Dr. Ramsammy, the money does not come from his regular budget and the government is not being asked to help to source the money.Upon the emergence of the virus,Wholesale China Jerseys, the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) gave a sum of money to the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) to help the region respond to the H1N1 virus.According to Dr. Ramsammy,Discount NFL Jerseys, from that sum of money, Guyana is benefiting in a number of ways,Cheap Jerseys Wholesale, including the expansion of their DNA testing capacity, and now the capability to test for the virus.As it relates to the recent three confirmed cases of H1N1, it was noted that two of the persons are in their early twenties,Wholesale Jerseys China, while the other is 46 years of age.These persons are from East Coast and East Bank of Demerara and from Central Georgetown.According to Minister Ramsammy,Cheap Jerseys Wholesale, he is certain that all the five cases of the virus in Guyana have a link to an external entry into the country.It is estimated that between 500 and 1,000 persons over the next few days will be examined as it is suspected that the three persons may have been in contact with these people.Currently, 11 persons are being monitored and the Ministry of Health is in possession of 39 results, from the 50 specimens that were sent for testing.It is estimated by the World Health Organisation (WHO) that 60 million people will be infected with H1N1 within the next year and two billion people will also be infected within the next few years.(Fareeza Haniff).