Public Health Ministry confirms 14th COVID death
Georgetown, July, 3, 2020: The Ministry of Public Health confirms Guyana’s 14th death from COVID-19 as was widely reported last evening. He is Mohammed Abdool Khan, 34 years old, of Bartica who passed yesterday at [...]
Positive COVID cases move to 250
—14th person dies from COIVD-19 —1 more recovery registered —34 tests conducted in last 24 hrs DPI, Guyana, Thursday, July 2, 2020 The number of persons testing positive for the novel coronavirus continues to climbs [...]
Complicated COVID-19 case shares near death experience
—Serves as a warning for persons to adhere to guidelines DPI, Guyana, Wednesday, July 1, 2020 As COVID-19 confirmed cases continue to increase, the Ministry of Public Health is exploring avenues to teach Guyanese of [...]
67 more citizens return from Miami
DPI, Guyana, Wednesday, July 1, 2020 Wednesday’s Eastern Airlines repatriation flight from Miami saw the return of 67 Guyanese due to an approval granted by the National COVID-19 Task Force (NCTF). Bibi Khan and her [...]
COVID-19 cases now stand at 248
—13th COVID death recorded —2 more persons recover DPI, Guyana, Wednesday, July 1, 2020 The Ministry of Public Health has reported that of fifty-six tests conducted today, three more persons have tested positive for the [...]
Social Protection Min condemns impersonators soliciting monies from Reg. 6 residents for COVID-19
Georgetown, GUYANA – The Ministry of Social Protection (MoSP) has condemned the actions of unscrupulous persons who are allegedly impersonating its staff and soliciting monies from disadvantaged persons under the guise of helping them fill [...]
CDC receives donation from Beepats Ltd
DPI, Guyana, Wednesday, July 1, 2020 The Civil Defence Commission (CDC) on Wednesday received a sizeable donation of tinned food from the Beepats Company Limited, to assist its COVID-19 relief efforts. Director-General of the CDC, [...]
COVID-19 vaccine may not offer universal protection against all coronaviruses -WHO says
DPI, Guyana, Wednesday, July 1, 2020 While work is currently underway to develop a vaccine against the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), today the World Health Organisation (WHO) addressed disclaimers surrounding the vaccine. Executive Director of WHO’s [...]
PAHO & CCCU donate masks and testing kits to MOPH
-1,120 face masks, 15,000 testing kits -In response increasing COVID cases in Regions 1 and 7 DPI, Guyana, Wednesday, July 1, 2020 As positive cases of the novel coronavirus once again begin to increase, the [...]
Guyanese encouraged to structure daily activities- to provide some normalcy amid pandemic
DPI, Guyana, Wednesday, July 1, 2020 Guyanese are encouraged to create structures to navigate their daily lives to provide some normalcy and control, amid the COVID-19 pandemic. This was posited by University of Guyana (UG) [...]
10 new COVID-19 cases recorded
—total positive cases now stand at 245 —26 tests done in the last 24hrs DPI, Guyana, Tuesday, June 30, 2020 The Ministry of Public Health has confirmed ten new cases of the novel coronavirus taking [...]
Investigation launched into Mabaruba Doctor’s quarters’ fire
−Cuban Doctors currently housed at a Guest House DPI, Guyana, Tuesday, June 30, 2020 A fire of unknown origin which destroyed the living quarters of three Cuban doctors in Mabaruma is currently being investigated. This [...]