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Five more COVID deaths, 130 new casesFive additional persons have died from COVID-19 pushing Guyana’s total deaths to 840, the Ministry of Health reported on Sunday.…
Man, 21, among 10 COVID deaths; 229 new cases, 29 in ICUTen additional people have died from COVID-19 pushing Guyana’s total deaths to 835, the Ministry of Health reported on Saturday.…
Challenging a paper-based system: Misplaced vaccine cards & revaccinationBy Vishani Ragobeer [email protected] Mohammed (not real name) is a 27-year-old porter who lives in a community on the East…
Only int'l travelers with WHO-approved vaccines allowed in US; no to Sputnik VClick this link to see the seven vaccines approved by WHO. (Reuters) The United States will accept the use by…
Guyana receives over 100,000 doses of Pfizer vaccines from COVAXThe U.S. Embassy announces the donation by the United States Government of 100,620 doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine as…
Four more COVID deaths; 162 new cases, 30 in ICUFour more persons died from COVID-19 pushing Guyana’s total deaths to 825. Of the four deaths – three women and…
COVID-19: About half of prison population vaccinatedDirector of Prisons (ag) Nicklon Elliot says that approximately 55 per cent of the prison population have been fully vaccinated…
Five-year study on suicide risk factors to commence in NovemberA five-year study with researchers from Columbia University in the United States and representatives from the Ministry of Health is…
5 more unvaccinated die from COVID; 224 new cases, 32 in ICUGuyana’s COVID-19 death toll now stands at 821 with the addition of five new deaths recorded on October 6 and…
Guyana to be removed from UK red list from Monday(BBC) - The number of countries on the UK Covid travel red list will be cut from 54 to seven,…
Patient found dead in GPHC washroomSee below full statement issued by GPHC: At approximately 11:05 a.m. today, October 7, the body of a female patient…
4 pregnant women, new mothers died from COVID this yearThere have been four maternal deaths recorded this year after the women were infected with COVID-19. This stark occurrence, coupled…
Pregnant, breastfeeding women no longer exempted from COVID vaccinesBy Vishani Ragobeer [email protected] Pregnant and breastfeeding women are among the groups of people who are no longer exempted from…
Health Minister: Moruca schoolboy was born with brain condition; vaccine did not trigger brain bleedJoshua Henry, the 14-year-old schoolboy who died about 90 minutes after he received his second dose of the Pfizer COVID-19…
GPHC denies mistreatment of 2-year-oldThe Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) has distanced itself from a Facebook post that alleged a two-year-old baby and his…
Cats or rats? New Amsterdam Hospital battles unwanted ‘pets’Stray cats have been occupying the New Amsterdam Public Hospital in Region Six (East Berbice- Corentyne) for a number of…
9 more COVID deaths, 250 cases; 34 in ICUGuyana’s COVID-19 death toll is now at 816 with nine more deaths recorded, the Ministry of Health reported on Wednesday.…
Moruca schoolboy died from a brain bleed; no issues found on arm where he received jabJoshua Henry, the 14-year-old schoolboy died because of bleeding in his brain, according to the autopsy conducted on his body.…

