No beach activities over Easter weekend – Reg. 6 Commander advises
DPI, Guyana, Thursday, April 9, 2020 Regional Commander of Region 6, East Berbice-Corentyne, Calvin Brutus is advising against the hosting of any event at the Number 63 Beach over the Easter weekend. The commander told [...]
21 quarantine patients to be discharged today
– 152 tests conducted DPI, Guyana, Thursday, April 9, 2020 A group of 21 Guyanese who returned from Barbados recently are heading back home to their families after being medically cleared. They were placed in [...]
UPDATED Gazetted COVID – 19 Emergency Measures
See below gazetted COVID-19 Emergency Measures No. 2 above. The order is principally the same as the first order but lists some additional specific agencies and categories of businesses and workers under ‘Essential Services’. Please [...]
UPDATED Gazetted COVID – 19 Emergency Measures Co
See below gazetted COVID-19 Emergency Measures No. 2 above. The order is principally the same as the first order but lists some additional specific agencies and categories of businesses and workers under ‘Essential Services’. Please [...]
Rose Hall municipality, private sector partner to sanitise town
—Exercise will be a continuous effort DPI, Guyana, Thursday, April 9, 2020 The Mayor and Town Council of Rose Hall has partnered with the Central Corentyne Chambers of Commerce (CCCC) to sanitise the entire town [...]
Amid stay-home policy | MoSP shares safeguard measures for domestic violence victims
DPI, Guyana, Thursday, April 9, 2020. The Ministry of Social Protection is urging domestic abuse victims to adopt several measures to safeguard themselves during the COVID-19 stay home policy. They include contacting the helpline or [...]
100 days since report of first COVID-19 case
DPI, Guyana, Thursday, April 9, 2020 Today marks 100 days since the World Health Organization (WHO) was notified of the first case of the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, in China. The pandemic has spread worldwide with [...]
Parika-Supenaam ferry service to operate weekdays only
-new schedule in effect from April 13, 2020 DPI, Guyana, Wednesday, April 8, 2020 The ferry service that operates between Parika and Supenaam will serve the public on weekdays only from Monday, starting April 13, [...]
Regs. 7 & 10 benefit from CDC hamper distribution
DPI, Guyana, Wednesday, April 8, 2020 Communities in Cuyuniz-Mazaruni (Region 7) and Upper Demerara-Upper Berbice (10) were on the Civil Defence Commission’s stop on Wednesday in its nationwide distribution of relief hampers. The exercise is [...]
Three recovered COVID-19 patients medically cleared and discharged
−additional 7 also discharged after completing quarantine period DPI, Guyana, Wednesday, April 8, 2020 Three of the eight patients who have recovered from the Coronavirus and tested negative twice were medically cleared and discharged on [...]
Confirmed COVID-19 cases stand at 37
– 10 patients discharged DPI, Guyana, Wednesday, April 8, 2020 The Ministry of Public Health has stated that the total number of confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in Guyana now stands at 37 [...]
Black Bush Polder youths take the fight to COVID -19
—Public places sanitised —Plans underway for mask distribution DPI, Guyana, Wednesday, April 8, 2020 A group of Black Bush Polder youths has started a sanitation drive within their area amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. The exercise [...]