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Health Minister blasts APNU+AFC over shortage of drugs, incomplete projects in budget debate speechDescribing the 2021 National Budget as a “vision of hope for Guyanese”, Health Minister Dr. Frank Anthony on Monday called…
Anti-Lymphatic Filaria campaign begins in Region 6Over 200 pill distributors have been dispatched across Region 6 (East Berbice/Corentyne) for a two-week Lymphatic Filarisis Mass Drug Administration…
Death of mother, newborn: Anthony pledges action against nurses, doctorsAn investigation into the tragic deaths of 31-year-old Vanessa Lewis-Sahadeo and her newborn baby girl has been completed and the…
200,000 doses of COVID vaccines before the end of March – Health MinisterFor several weeks, the government has been in several bi-lateral negotiations for COVID-19 vaccines and these are expected to bear…
79-Y-O woman, 64-Y-O man latest COVID deathsThe Ministry of Health on Monday reported two additional COVID-19 deaths which takes the death toll to 197. The Ministry…
35 new COVID-19 casesGuyana has recorded 35 new cases of COVID-19 from 795 tests, taking the overall number of confirmed cases to 8,585…
Child Advocacy Centres to provide support, counselling for child sex abuse survivors in Reg. 6Minister of Human Services and Social Security, Dr Vindhya Persaud officially opened two one-stop Child Advocacy Centres (CAC) in Springlands…
37 new COVID-19 casesGuyana has recorded 37 new cases of COVID-19 from 654 tests conducted, taking the overall number of confirmed cases to…
New-born baby dies at NA hospital; mother dies hours later at GPHCA Williamsburg, Region Six, East Berbice-Corentyne family is in a state of shock and despair following the sudden death of…
Successful kidney transplant done at GPHC with mother and sonBy Isanella Patoir After her 15-year-old son was diagnosed with end stage renal failure and was told that only a…
28 new COVID cases from 763 testsGuyana recorded 28 new COVID-19 cases on Friday from 763 tests, taking the overall number of confirmed cases to 8,…
Curfew extended, cinemas remain closedThe Government of Guyana has extended the COVID-19 measures for the month of March, which means that restrictions against social…
80,000 COVID vaccines to arrive from India next weekThe Government of India will be donating 80,000 doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine to Guyana and according to the Minister…
CARICOM wants developed countries to share COVID vaccines; dissatisfied with inequitable accessSTATEMENT BY THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY ON ACCESS TO COVID-19 VACCINES: The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is dissatisfied and deeply concerned about…
28 new COVID cases, 56 new recoveriesA total of 28 new COVID-19 cases were recorded from 657 tests, taking the overall number of confirmed cases to…
Health Minister advises against taking COVID vaccine and filaria pills on same dayOut of an abundance of caution, Minister of Health, Dr Frank Anthony is advising persons against taking the filaria pills…
Man, 38; woman, 79, die from COVID-19The Ministry of Health on Thursday reported two additional COVID-19 deaths. The latest fatalities are, a 38-year-old man from Region…
Twin sisters deliver babies minutes apart at NA HospitalTwin sisters, Amesha Thuesday-Grant and Amelia Thuesday on Wednesday made history with the delivery of their babies within minutes of…

