Bartica records 1st COVID-19 case
—10 more individuals tested DPI, Guyana, Thursday, June 25, 2020 A Bartician has tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), the first case for the township. According to a release from the Regional Health Officer [...]
COVID-19 cases continue to rise – 6 more persons test positive
—84 tests conducted in last 24hrs DPI, Guyana, Thursday, June 25, 2020 Ministry of Public Health has stated that the number of novel coronavirus cases is once again increasing after 84 tests were conducted in [...]
WHO predicts more widespread coronavirus cases in Central & South America
—says virus has not peaked yet —countries deprived of oxygen concentrators as demands outweigh supply DPI, Guyana, Wednesday, June 24, 2020 The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Wednesday reported that the situation in the Americas [...]
1 new COVID-19 case, 4 recoveries
DPI, Guyana, Tuesday, June 23, 2020 The Ministry of Public Health has reported that four more persons have recuperated from the novel coronavirus, taking the total number of recoveries to 107. The number of positive [...]
Emergency meeting held on alarming increase of COVID-19 cases in regions 1 and 7
– several enhanced containment measures to be implemented The National COVID-19 Task Force (NCTF), the Ministry of Public Health and various other ministries and government agencies along with non-governmental organisations this evening held an emergency [...]
Tracking COVID-19 from day one
−How it started, how it spread and where we are today DPI, Guyana, Monday, June 22, 2020 How could a small infection that was transmitted in a province in China move to infect more than [...]
COVID-19 cases jump by 21
—Total number of positive cases now stands at 205 —39 tests conducted in last 24 hrs DPI, Guyana, Monday, June 22, 2020 The number of confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus in Guyana has increased [...]
38 before the court for breaching curfew in Region five
─Four sentenced to community service DPI, Guyana, Monday, June 22, 2020 There are currently thirty-eight persons before the courts for breaching the 6am to 6pm curfew in Region Five, one of only two areas that [...]
Worldwide demand for Dexamethasone rises after coronavirus recoveries
—some discharged patients may experience persistence symptoms DPI, Guyana, Monday, June 22, 2020 On June 15, the World Health Organisation (WHO) welcomed preliminary results of the steroid, dexamethasone, which is the first treatment shown to [...]
1 new case of COVID-19 confirmed
—another recovery recorded DPI, Guyana, Sunday, June 21, 2020 The number of confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus in Guyana has moved to 184. It was also reported that the number of persons who have [...]
Lift of non-curfew measures in Regs. 5, 8 withdrawn
DPI, Guyana, Friday, June 19, 2020 The Minister of Public Health, Volda Lawrence has withdrawn an initial order to relax non-curfew measures in Regions five and eight. These two districts are the only areas in [...]
WHO asks govts not to break protocols as COVID-19 cases reach highest single day total
-efficacy trials for COVID-19 vaccines to begin DPI, Guyana, Friday, June 19, 2020 More than six months into the coronavirus pandemic, many countries are beginning to open their economies after months of lockdowns, curfews and [...]