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Health Ministry to crack down on doctors who “are not serving” the public health systemMinister of Health, Dr Frank Anthony says he is aiming to put an end to the practice of doctors neglecting…
COVID death toll for March moves to 34Two more persons who tested positive for COVID-19 have died taking Guyana’s overall death toll since March 2020 to 233.…
57 new COVID cases, 100 recoveries The Ministry of Health on Wednesday recorded 57 new COVID-19 cases from a total of 944 tests, taking the overall…
Curfew, other national COVID measures extendedThe national 10:30pm to 4:00am curfew has been extended for the month of April along with the restrictions on social…
48 imported COVID cases since reopening of airportsSince the reopening of the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) and the Eugene F. Correia International Airport on October 12,…
CIOG to build a women’s shelter & elderly homeRepresentatives from the Central Islamic Organization of Guyana (CIOG) met with the Minister of Human Services and Social Security, Dr.…
Residents of Palms are not given ‘black tea’ – Human Services Ministry saysSTATEMENT BY MINISTRY OF HUMAN SERVICES AND SOCIAL SECURITY: The Ministry of Human Services and Social Security categorically denounces and…
Two more COVID deaths, 10 new cases recordedThe Ministry of Health on Tuesday reported that a 56-year-old man and a 79-year-old woman have been recorded as the…
Two more private labs granted ‘provisional license’ for PCR testingTwo private labs – Sheriff Medical and Coastal Diagnostics – have been granted provisional licenses to conduct COVID-19 PCR testing,…
CARPHA suspends testing of new COVID variantsThe Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) in Trinidad and Tobago has suspended testing for new variants of COVID-19 in the…
14 COVID cases from 427 testsFourteen new COVID-19 cases were recorded on Monday from a total of 427 tests, taking the overall number of confirmed…
Guyana’s COVID death toll moves to 229Two more persons who tested positive for COVID-19 died on Sunday (March 28), taking the country’s overall death toll to…
Guyana receives 24,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine from COVAXGuyana on Monday received 24,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses through the COVAX Facility, a partnership between the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness…
161 new COVID cases recorded in two daysGuyana recorded a total of 161 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday and Sunday from an overall 1, 619 tests. This…
Woman, 30; Man, 78, die from COVIDTwo more persons who tested positive for COVID-19 died on Saturday (March 27), taking Guyana’s death toll to 227 since…
Guyana surpasses 10, 000 COVID casesGuyana on Friday recorded a total of 109 new COVID-19 cases from a total of 1, 208 tests, taking the…
Gov’t paying US$4M for 200,000 doses of Sputnik vaccineBy Kurt Campbell Two days after President Irfaan Ali announced that there will be a massive expansion in the local…
Human Services Minister opens two Resource Centres in Port MourantMinister of Human Services and Social Security, Dr Vindhya Persaud on Friday officially opened two Resource Centres – one for…

