Lethem COVID-19 patient nabbed in Brazil after fleeing quarantine facility
… Monkey Mountain, Paramakatoi residents worry following earlier visits by patient A Guyanese man with Brazilian citizenship, who is the Rupununi’s first confirmed COVID-19 patient, wfled the isolation facility at the Lethem Regional Hospital compound [...]
RUBIS Guyana plays its part in the fight against COVID-19
IN joining the fight to combat the deadly coronavirus, Rubis Guyana Inc has taken an all-hands-on- deck approach to COVID-19 pandemic. The energy company is supporting COVID-19 efforts in several ways, recently donating to the [...]
CARICOM businesses need to brace for post-COVID – COX
The Region’s business community is being encouraged to engage in detailed strategic planning in an effort to prioritise recovery opportunities in their re-opening strategies. Speaking at an FAO sponsored webinar under the theme “Enabling agricultural [...]
7 of 10 regions record COVID-19 cases
DPI, Guyana, Tuesday, May 12, 2020 The novel coronavirus has spread to two more regions and Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Karen Gordon-Boyle has warned that the projected figures of 1400 and 20,000 by PAHO [...]
4 new COVID-19 cases; 3 more recoveries
– 56 persons tested in the last 24hrs —Region 7 records its first case DPI, Guyana, Tuesday, May 12, 2020 The Ministry of Public Health has reported that Region Seven has recorded its first confirmed [...]
Message by Hon. Volda Lawrence,Minister of Public Health on International Day of the Nurse
2020, May 12, 2020. THEME: Nurses: A Voice to Lead Nursing the World to Health Today May 12th, 2020 marks the International Day of the Nurse, coinciding with the 200th birth Anniversary of the Lady [...]
Public Health Advisory for Rainy Season May 2020
In light of the increased rainfall and the possibility of flooding in coastal and outlying areas, as we also respond to the COVID-19 Pandemic, the Ministry of Public Health is advising the general public to [...]
COVID-19 Coordinator appointed in Region Ten
DPI, Guyana, Monday, May 11, 2020 General Medical Officer, Dr. Michael Marks who is attached to the Linden Hospital Complex has been appointed as the Upper Demerara-Berbice COVID-19 Coordinator. The appointment comes as the Ministry [...]
Region Nine records its first COVID-19 case
− residents urged to remain vigilant an adhere to public health advisories DPI, Guyana, Monday, May 11, 2020 The Upper Takatu-Upper Essequibo Region has recorded its first case of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). Speaking to [...]
‘When you don’t hear you does feel’
– East Coast residents call on each other to comply with COVID-19 rules WITH several villages on the East Coast of Demerara now listed as hotspots, residents have gone into what some would call a [...]
Seven new COVID-19 cases
….104 persons have now contracted virus THERE continues to be a consistent increase in the number of Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) cases, with the latest statistics showing that seven more persons were tested positive for the [...]
7 new COVID-19 cases recorded
—Total now stands a t 104 DPI, Guyana, Sunday, May 10, 2020 The Ministry of Public Health has recorded seven new COVID-19 cases taking the total to 104 as of May 10, 2020. This is [...]