President, Health Minister meet small political parties on COVID-19 response

President Dr. Mohamed Irfaan Ali and Minister of Public Health, Dr. Frank Anthony, yesterday, met with the leaders of the small political parties including...

Guyana records second COVID-19 death

Guyana has recorded its second Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) death. According to sources, the man who is in his late 30s, succumbed to COVID-19 complications...

COVID-19 cases surpass 6000; over 5100 recover

Guyana has confirmed 6,016 positive COVID-19 cases since the country reported its first imported case back in March of this year. Meanwhile, statistics from the...

PAHO promotes call to action to reduce impact of cancer

Cervical cancer is the third most common cancer among women in Latin America and the Caribbean, but it can be prevented. This is the...

58-Y-O man is Guyana’s 602nd COVID-19 fatality; 207 new cases recorded

Another Guyanese, who tested positive for COVID-19, has died, taking the death toll to 602. The latest fatality has been identified as a 58-year-old,...

MoU to be signed soon for UWI nursing school in Guyana

The government will soon sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to establish a University of West Indies (UWI) Medical school in Guyana. President, Dr Mohamed...

Barbados records two cases of COVID-19

(NATION NEWS) - Minister of Health and Wellness, Lt Col Jeffrey Bostic made the announcement moments ago in a live address at the Ministry...

Region 5 implements countermeasures to fight COVID-19 

With Guyana still having 153 cases of the novel coronavirus disease ( COVID-19) and 12 deaths, the department of public health in Region Five...

Americas at risk of losing two decades of immunization progress – PAHO Director warns

  As the COVID-19 outbreak reaches its third year in the Americas, millions of children are missing out on routine vaccinations, putting countries at risk...

Ministry of Public Health works to prevent outbreaks, illness in Region One

On Tuesday, Minister within the Ministry of Public Health, Dr. Karen Cummings visited villages in the Mabaruma sub-region where Venezuelan migrants are currently residing....

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