COVID-19 Update: Confirmed Cases remain at 113; two more persons recover
The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases remain at 113, says Karen Gordon-Boyle, Deputy Chief Medical Officer (DCMO). Two additional persons have recovered; taking the...
COVID-19 Emergency Measures to be extended to June 17; seven days home quarantine for...
The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Emergency Measures (No.3) published in the Official Gazette on April 29, 2020 and effective until June 3, is extended...
Antigen tests to be used by hospitals soon
Health facilities throughout the country will soon have access to antigen testing kits. This follows the arrival of a shipment the Government ordered last...
$4.4M in care packages sent to Guyanese medical students in Cuba
(DPI)- Guyanese medical students studying in Cuba are set to receive care packages from the Department of Public Service as the government continues to...
COVID-19: Guyana recorded 42 new cases in eight days
While some 163 persons – of the 337 infected with COVID-19 – have recovered, Guyana is still facing challenges with curbing the spread of...
Budget 2024 to be financed without burden of new taxes- VP
The People’s Progressive Party/ Civic (PPP/C) Government is well positioned to carry out its developmental plans for 2024 without instituting new taxes on citizens....
93 per cent of persons living with HIV in Guyana know their status –...
Programme Manager of the National AIDS Programme Secretariat (NAPS), Dr Tariq Jagnarine said 93 per cent of persons infected with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus...
Lockdown in Kwebanna lifted; positive cases decrease from 62 to four
The Government has lifted its lockdown on Kwebanna, Barima-Waini (Region One) after positive COVID-19 cases reduced to four.
Minister of Health, Dr. Frank Anthony said the...
Vaccines: First dose administered to over 75% of adult population; single-shot J&J expected next...
One-shot Johnson and Johnson/Janssen (J&J/Janssen) COVID-19 vaccines are expected to arrive in Guyana next month. The jabs have already been paid for through an...
Two octogenarians are latest COVID-19 fatalities
The Ministry of Health (MOH) has informed the media that as of March 1, 2022, two more persons who tested positive for the novel...
