Confirmed COVID-19 now total 139
– 2 new cases reported DPI, Guyana, Tuesday, May 26, 2020 The Ministry of Public Health has reported that the number of persons who have tested positive for the novel coronavirus now stands at 139 [...]
Goods coming from Brazil to Lethem to be sanitised
−As efforts continue in Region 9 to prevent imported COVID-19 cases from Brazil DPI, Guyana, Monday, May 25, 2020 The Regional COVID-19 Task Force of the Upper Takatu-Upper Essequibo, Region Nine is exploring every option [...]
Moruca man is 11th COVID-19 death
DPI, Guyana, Monday, May 25, 2020 Information coming out of the Ministry of Public Health on Monday, May 25, confirms that fifty-nine-year-old Vincent Torres of the Moruca Sub Region in the Barima-Waini Region is the [...]
Another COVID-19 death recorded
– 2 new cases confirmed – Citizens urged to observe preventative measures DPI, Guyana, Monday, May 25, 2020 Two more COVID-19 cases have been confirmed in Guyana taking the number of positive cases to a [...]
WHO suspends clinical trials of hydroxychloroquine over safety concerns
DPI, Guyana, Monday, May 25, 2020 The World Health Organization (WHO) today announced that it has suspended the clinical trials of hydroxychloroquine as a possible treatment for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). Hydroxychloroquine is a drug [...]
Region One’s first COVID-19 recovery, shares her story
DPI, Guyana, Monday, May 25, 2020 Fifty-two-year-old Lolita Wong is a businesswoman living and plying her trade in the Mabarumba sub-region of Barima-Waini, Region One. She is also the first person to have been diagnosed [...]
Four more COVID-19 recoveries
—6 new cases, total now stands at 135 DPI, Guyana, Saturday, May 23, 2020 The Ministry of Public is reporting another four more recoveries from the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) taking the total to 62. [...]
Long awaited $959M Port Kaituma Hospital commissioned
—Several new services available —“Everyone, everywhere in Guyana must receive the same quality healthcare” – Min. Lawrence DPI, Guyana, Sunday, May 24, 2020 The long-awaited Port Kaituma Regional Hospital was officially commissioned today by the [...]
Long awaited $300M Port Kaituma Hospital commissioned
—Several new services available —“Everyone, everywhere in Guyana must receive the same quality healthcare” – Min. Lawrence DPI, Guyana, Sunday, May 24, 2020 The long-awaited $300Million Port Kaituma Regional Hospital was officially commissioned today by [...]
COVID-19 mobile testing unit for Diamond, Cornelia Ida
—in La Parfaite Harmonie until May 23 THE Ministry of Public Health has announced that the COVID-19 testing mobile unit will be in the communities of Diamond on the East Bank of Demerara and Cornelia [...]
Four battling for lives in COVID-19 ICU
—No new cases recorded in two days; another person recovers GUYANA has gone two days without recording a new case of COVID-19, but four of the 59 active cases are battling for their lives in [...]
One more COVID-19 recovery
—No new COVID-19 cases recorded; total remains at 127 DPI, Guyana, Saturday, May 23, 2020 The Ministry of Public is reporting another COVID-19 recovery taking the number to 58. No new COVID-19 cases have [...]