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Covid vaccine: First 'milestone' vaccine offers 90% protectionBBC - The first effective coronavirus vaccine can prevent more than 90% of people from getting Covid-19, a preliminary analysis…
Two more elderly patients die from COVID-19Guyana on Sunday recorded two new COVID-19 deaths pushing the overall death toll to 136 since March 11, 2020. The…
Man falls to death from COVID-19 hospitalThe police are investigating the death of a sanitation worker who fell from the top floor of the Infectious Diseases…
30 new COVID-19 cases from 344 testsThirty new persons have tested positive for COVID-19 bringing the total number of cases to 4,514 to date. Of the…
$30M Bamia Health Centre commissionedA $30 million health centre has been commissioned at Bamia, Soesdyke-Linden Highway. The facility was commissioned by Minister of Health,…
27 new COVID-19 cases recordedGuyana recorded 27 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday taking the overall total known cases to 4,484. According to the Ministry…
Girl, 11, with cancer related complications dies at GPHC; tested positive for COVID-19An 11-year-old girl, who tested positive for COVID-19 after she was rushed to the hospital with complications related to cancer,…
Region Ten receives ventilator, oxygen concentrator to boost COVID-19 responseMinister of Health, Dr. Frank Anthony on Friday handed over a ventilator and an oxygen concentrator to the Upper Demerara-Berbice…
Another COVID-19 death takes toll to 134The Ministry of Health late Friday reported that a 58-year-old man died from COVID-19, taking Guyana’s over all death toll…
64 new COVID-19 casesThe Ministry of Health on Friday recorded 64 new COVID-19 cases of which 54 were recorded in Region Four. The…
COVID-19 death toll moves to 133The Ministry of Health on Friday reported that a 56-year-old man from Region One died of COVID-19, taking the country’s…
Full lockdown for St Cuthbert’s Mission after health workers, teachers test positive for COVID-19By Isanella Patoir St Cuthbert’s Mission, an indigenous village along the Mahaica River in Region Four, will proceed on a…
$1.2B to be invested in Suddie HospitalThe Government will be investing $1.2B (US$6M) in the upgrade of the Suddie Public Hospital in Region Two in 2021.…
69 COVID-19 cases recorded from 352 testsThe Ministry of Health on Thursday recorded 69 new COVID-19 cases from 352 tests; this brings the overall number of…
Moblissa woman dies from COVID-19; her entire family tests positiveBy Isanella Patoir A 74-year-old woman died next to her daughter at the Wismar Hospital in Region Ten on Thursday,…
Reg. One communities request sanitisers, masks as COVID-19 cases climbThe communities of Warapoka and Waramuri in Region One have requested sanitisers and masks as the number of positive COVID-19…
54-year-old man dies of COVID-19, taking death toll to 131A 54-year-old man of Region Four is the country’s latest COVID-19 death. The overall death toll is now at 131…
COVID-19 testing unit to be set up at Grove Health CentreSee full statement from the Ministry of Health below: The Ministry of Health’s Mobile Testing Unit will be stationed at…

