Foreign labeled cooking oil on the local market
The Government Analyst-Food and Drug Department wishes to alert the general public on the proliferation of foreign labelled cooking oil on om local market branded Vila Velha and Soya. These products are suspected to be [...]
Ocean View facility now offering services to treat COVID-19 patients with comorbidities – Health Minister
Minister of Health, Dr. Frank Anthony said the Infectious Diseases Hospital (IDH) at Liliendaal, is now capable of providing a number of services to treat comorbidities in COVID-19 patients. He was speaking Monday, during the [...]
Guyana records decrease in COVID-19 cases – Health Minister
Minister of Health, Dr. Frank Anthony, M.P., during Monday’s COVID-19 update said the ministry has recorded a decrease in COVID-19 cases over the last two weeks. Although the country has recorded 119 cases within the [...]
27, 000 people to be screened for chronic diseases this year
Despite the COVID-19 Pandemic, last year, the government was able to screen over 25,000 people across Guyana for major non-communicable chronic diseases. This year, screening will continue with a target of 27,000 people. This was [...]
Health Ministry gets vehicles to boost sector
The Ministry of Health on Friday received three vehicles to aid the strengthening of the health care system and the fight against COVID-19. The vehicles were donated by the United States’ military through the Department [...]
Health Ministry get vehicles to boost sector
The Ministry of Health on Friday received three vehicles to aid the strengthening of the health care system and the fight against COVID-19. The vehicles were donated by the United States’ military through the Department [...]
COVID-19 boosters may soon be required for “fully vaxxed” status
With the increased transmission of the Omicron variant, resulting in spiralling positive cases, hospitalisation and deaths across the world, some countries have moved to consider persons with three doses of a COVID-19 vaccine, to be [...]
Govt to procure vaccines for children 5 to 11 years old
Part of the $6.8 billion allocated to the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic will be used for the procurement of vaccines for children between ages five and eleven. Minister of Health, Dr. Frank Anthony, M.P., [...]
Poor response to Covid booster doses in remote regions – Minister Anthony
With 36, 866 booster doses administered so far, Minister of Health, Dr. Frank Anthony, M.P., said there has been a “very poor” response from citizens in the hinterland regions to get their booster shot. Breakdown [...]
Massive injection into health care system as $73.2 billion budgeted
Minister within the Office of the President with responsibility for Finance, Dr. Ashni Singh, M.P., on Wednesday announced a $73.2 billion injection into the health sector for 2022. The sum is some $19.7 billion more [...]
Over $6B budgeted for COVID-19 vaccination programme
Over $6.8 billion of the Ministry of Health’s $73.2 Billion budget has been earmarked to boost the Government’s immunisation programme this year. This sum will also facilitate the procurement of an additional 260,000 doses of [...]
Guyana gets new technology for malaria sequencing
Guyana is continuing the fight against malaria with the procurement of new technology that will facilitate the sequencing, the genomes of parasites found in the blood of infected patients. The new advanced technology will also [...]