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14 Parliamentary staff positive for COVID-19Fourteen employees of the Parliament Office have tested positive for COVID-19. Speaker of the National Assembly, Manzoor Nadir at the…
Scotiabank temporarily closes Carmichael St. branch after positive COVID-19 caseThe management of Scotiabank has taken a decision to temporarily close its Carmichael Street branch until further notice after one…
Two prisoners at Lusignan test positive for COVID-19See below full statement issued by the Guyana Prison Service: Despite taking all necessary precautions, two prisoners from the Holding…
Two more COVID-19 deaths; 74 new casesThe COVID-19 death toll in Guyana has moved to 58 following the death of a 75 -year-old male from Region…
COVID-19 results to soon be available within 15-45 minutes - Health MinisterMinister of Health Dr Frank Anthony has announced that a specialised machine valued $52 million will soon arrive in Guyana…
Labour Ministry includes COVID-19 checks in health and safety inspectionsLabour Minister Joseph Hamilton on Monday defended the Government’s move to re-establish his Ministry which under the former APNU+AFC administration…
31 new COVID-19 cases; 16 in ICUGuyana on September 14, 2020 recorded 31 new COVID-19 cases after 132 tests within the past 24hrs. The total number…
41 new COVID-19 cases, over 1,200 recoveriesA total of 41 new COVID-19 cases were recorded on Sunday bringing the overall number of cases to 1,853 including…
Elderly woman dies from COVID-19; death toll now at 56Less than 24 hours after three COVID-19 deaths were recorded, Guyana on Sunday recorded another fatality pushing the overall death…
Diamond Hospital to be fully rehabilitated in two monthsMinister of Health. Hon. Dr. Frank Anthony, inspected the Diamond Diagnostic Centre today to oversee its current renovations in efforts…
BREAKING: 70-year-old man is Guyana’s 55th COVID-19 deathThe Ministry of Health on Saturday evening announced another COVID-19 death bringing the death toll from the pandemic to 55.…
Two more COVID-19 deaths, 49 new cases recordedThe Ministry of Health has reported two more COVID-19 deaths bringing the total number of deaths to 54 and 49…
Health Ministry missed reporting one COVID-19 death, total now at 52The Ministry of Health has reported that its data failed to include a person who died from COVID-19 in early…
Two more COVID-19 deaths recorded; total deaths now at 51Two more persons died from COVID-19 on Thursday hours after the Ministry recorded its 49th death; the overall death toll…
47 new COVID-19 cases recorded from 114 testsA total of 47 new cases were recorded on Thursday from 114 tests bringing the total number of cases to…
Another family claims COVID-19 victim was infected at HospitalBy Bibi Khatoon The family of 73-year-old James Downer, who died from COVID-19 on August 27, believes he was infected…
65-Y-0 Region 4 man dies from COVID-19Guyana on Thursday recorded another COVID-19 death bringing the overall death toll to 49. The Ministry of Health in a…
31.5% of overall budget for health, education sectorsThe Government has set aside over 30% of the $330 billion 2020 National Budget for the health and education sectors.…

