Two more, at Palms, test positive for COVID-19
-Social services director says staff being trained to swab persons CONCERNS continue to grow at the Palms Geriatric Home, as two persons, said to be staff of the facility, have tested positive for the Novel [...]
Guyana records three new cases of COVID-19
-Two more persons transferred to ICU THERE continues to be a persistent cry from health authorities for Guyanese to act responsibly and carefully during their daily operations, especially given the fact that there continues to [...]
Screening expanded to detect asymptomatic COVID-19 cases
-PAHO urges focus on frontline workers, flu-like conditions, pneumonia THE Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) disease, which has been labelled the “silent killer,” has proven to be more ‘silent’ than expected, as persons are contracting the disease, [...]
Public Health Ministry widens net to catch asymptomatic COVID-19 patients
Press Release Ministry of Public Health Georgetown, Guyana – Saturday, May 9, 2020 The Public Health Ministry has cast its net wider to catch symptomless patients but who are nevertheless carriers of the highly-infectious and [...]
3 new COVID-19 cases recorded
– 5 patients in COVID-19 ICU as 2 more admitted DPI, Guyana, Saturday, May 9, 2020 The Ministry of Public Health has recorded three new COVID-19 cases taking the total to 97 as of May [...]
More areas identified – as Reg. 4 remains epicentre of COVID-19 pandemic
DPI, Guyana, Friday, May 08, 2020 Region Four remains the epicentre of the COVID-19 pandemic in Guyana, as several communities on the East Bank and East Coast of Demerara have recorded confirmed cases of the [...]
1 new COVID-19 case; 1 more recovery
– 785 persons tested – 49 active cases isolated DPI, Guyana, Friday, May 8, 2020 Guyana has recorded one additional case of COVID-19, a virus which since March 11, has been confirmed to have infected [...]
7 more recoveries; no new cases.
– 736 persons tested – 49 in isolation DPI, Guyana, Thursday, May 7, 2020 Seven more persons have recovered from COVID-19 which, since March 11, has been confirmed to have infected 93 Guyanese locally. Of [...]
Six new positive COVID-19 cases recorded in Linden
—Five from one family, 2 are children —Regional officials call on residents to act more responsible DPI, Guyana, Wednesday, May 6, 2020 The mining town of Linden is now battling with nine cases of the [...]
Six COVID cases in Region 10
– 12 and one-year-old among infected THE Regional Health and Emergency Committee (RHEC) has announced that there are six new cases of COVID 19 in Region 10, bringing the total number of persons to have [...]
The stirring plea of a Covid-19 victim’s brother
A New Jersey-based Guyanese man is pleading with the citizens of his homeland to adhere to the advice of health professionals regarding the deadly COVID-19 virus to ensure that they have regular check-ups to know [...]
Dr Sugrim makes miraculous recovery from COVID-19
— survives while battling diabetes, hypertension and cardiovascular diseases COVID-19 survivor, Dr Ramesh Sugrim feels he has managed to “pass through hell” but “still feels the heat” after spending six weeks in hospital battling [...]