Increased testing finds more COVID-19 cases
DPI, Guyana, Tuesday, August 18, 2020 Since assuming office, the new PPP/C Administration has prioritised increased testing for the Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19). As a result, since August 3, 2020, two-hundred-and-sixty-three (263) new COVID-19 cases [...]
Time span for COVID-19 test results likely to reduce significantly
— Staff being trained, 24-hour operation being considered DPI, Guyana, Tuesday, August 18, 2020 Given the backlog of COVID-19 tests to be processed, the new PPP/C Government continues to seek ways in which this can [...]
Lab technicians being trained for COVID-19 molecular detection
─ regional and private lab technicians engaged ─ training made possible through Health Ministry, PHAO/WHO collaboration DPI, Guyana, Tuesday, August 18, 2020 A wide cross-section of medical laboratory technologists, from both the Public and Private [...]
Guyana reports additional COVID-19 deaths
Ministry of Health Press release Tuesday, August 18, 2020 As of 12:00hrs on August 18, 2020, Guyana recorded its twenty-fifth (25) COVID-19 related deaths. The Ministry of Health (MOH) regrets having to inform the public that [...]
More support for hinterland communities in wake of COVID-19
DPI, Guyana, Monday, August 17, 2020 The new PPP/C Government has been providing the necessary additional support to hinterland communities adversely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. The Administration has been working to ensure the women, [...]
COVID-19 Task Force continues robust countrywide response measures
Office of the Prime Minister Press release Monday, August 17, 2020 ─ Prime Minister Phillips meets with team Guyana’s COVID-19 Task Force continues to push forward with its robust agenda as it monitors the country’s [...]
COVID-19 Curfew now from 9 pm to 5 am
— face-masks MUST be worn in public — cut off time for drive-thru, delivery now 8 pm DPI, Guyana, Saturday, August 15, 2020 According to a new Official Gazette, the Government of Guyana has modified [...]
COVID-19 Curfew extended from 9 pm to 5 am
— cut off time for drive-thru, delivery now 8 pm — face-masks MUST be worn in public DPI, Guyana, Saturday, August 15, 2020 According to a new Official Gazette, the Government of Guyana has modified [...]
New PPP/C Gov’t gives green light for Mining operations to resume in interior regions
DPI, Guyana, Wednesday, August 15, 2020 According to the new Official Gazette published by the new PPP/C Government, mining operations in Regions Seven, Eight, and Nine, can now resume under strict accordance with the measures [...]
Special COVID-19 measures for Regions 7, 8, 9
— unauthorised travel in/out of these regions not be allowed DPI, Guyana, Saturday, August 15, 2020 The new PPP/C Government is working assiduously to help curb the spread of the novel coronavirus in the hinterland [...]
President Ali, India’s High Commissioner discuss COVID assistance
DPI, Guyana, Friday, August 14, 2020 President of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, His Excellency, Dr. Mohamed Irfaan Ali, this afternoon, met with the High Commissioner of India to Guyana, His Excellency, Dr. K.J. Srinivasa, [...]