Fri, Jul 3, 2026
Fri, Jul 3, 2026
health
One year on, vaccine hesitancy still an issue in some hinterland communitiesThough the national COVID-19 vaccination campaign got underway in February 2021, vaccine hesitancy remains a challenge in some hinterland communities,…
Free pads for women, girls as $50M approved for First Lady’s Menstrual Hygiene programmeMore women and girls will be able to benefit from free sanitary pads, proving their menstrual hygiene, as $50 million…
To boost vaccination rollout, $60M approved for transport, $203M for contracted staffAs part of efforts to boost COVID-19 vaccination, a sum of $60 million has been approved to help the Ministry…
$272M to correct defects, complete Ministry of Health head office by mid-yearCompletion of the Ministry of Health’s head office on Brickdam, Georgetown is expected to be achieved by July this year.…
With $863M, gov’t to subsidise cost for citizens in need of local, overseas surgeriesThe government has allocated a total of $863 million in the 2022 budget, $399 million above what was budgeted in…
With contract awarded, maternal and children’s hospital could open in 2024A new maternal and children’s hospital, slated for Georgetown, could be completed by late 2024 as the contract for the…
Eureka opens drive-thru COVID-19 testing siteWith the aim of making the collection and processing of COVID-19 test samples “smoother and safer”, Eureka Medical Laboratories (EML)…
Unvaccinated woman, 86, among three COVID deaths; 167 new casesAn 86-year-old unvaccinated woman from Region 10 (Upper Demerara-Berbice) is among Guyana’s latest COVID-19 deaths after she passed away on…
$300M approved for drugs, medical supplies as $4.4B Reg. 1 budget cleared A total of $300 million has been approved for drugs and medical supplies to be provided to Region One (Barima-Waini),…
Gov’t continues to seek avenues to procure COVID pills – Health Minister The government continues to work on procuring two antiviral pills developed to fight COVID-19, Minister of Health Dr Frank Anthony…
Treatment for some 2,400 HIV patients in Guyana challenged by COVID-19Since the COVID-19 pandemic hit Guyana’s shores back in March 2020, some 2,400 persons living with HIV have refused to…
Three men die from COVID, 118 new cases recordedThree men from Region Three (Essequibo Islands-West Demerara) have been recorded as Guyana’s latest COVID-19 fatalities, the Ministry of Health…
The boy from Wowetta: He wanted to be a farmer but is now Guyana’s first plastic surgeonBy Richard Bhainie [email protected] Growing up on a farm in the indigenous village of Wowetta in North Rupununi, a…
Almost 8,000 children in Guyana infected with COVID since March 2020A total of 7,831 children in Guyana have been infected with the deadly COVID-19 disease since March 2020, the Minister…
COVID: over 5,000 active cases, 17 in ICUA 66-year-old unvaccinated woman of Region Three (Essequibo Islands-West Demerara) who died on February 7 is Guyana’s latest COVID-19 death,…
Unvaccinated woman is latest COVID death; 196 new cases, 15 in ICUAn 89-year-old unvaccinated woman is Guyana’s latest COVID-19 death. The Ministry of Health reported that the woman from Region Four…
Region Two woman is latest COVID death; over 200 new infectionsA 57-year-old woman from Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam) is Guyana’s latest COVID-19 death. The woman, who was unvaccinated, died on February…
Omicron: COVID samples ‘packed and ready’ but not yet sent for testingAbout one month after it was announced that COVID-19 samples were collected and would be sent to Trinidad to confirm…
