Health Minister outlines schedule for COVID-19 booster shots
─ vaccination rolls out today
Minister of Health, Dr. Frank Anthony, on Monday, outlined the schedule for booster shots in relation to the various vaccines...
Health Ministry open to sending vaccination teams to workplaces; calls for businesses to adhere...
Minister of Health, Dr. Frank Anthony MP says the Ministry has been working with companies and organisations to get their employees vaccinated in the...
Gov’t examining storage for COVID-19 vaccine
The Guyana Government is looking to augment storage facilities for its quota of COVID-19 vaccines, as a second experimental vaccine has yielded promising results.
Minister...
Matured vaccination programme bearing fruit
Guyana’s Expanded Programme on Immunisation (EPI) has matured from the initial tight focus on children when it began some 40 years ago to targeting...
$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...
Education Ministry spent close to $79M on Mahdia fire tragedy
The government, through the Ministry of Education, spent $79 million following the Mahdia fire tragedy to comfort families, meet the needs of the surviving...
UG students, staffers to utilize online fora in response to COVID-19
As a precautionary measure in response to the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19), staff and students of both campuses (Turkeyen and Tain) and the Institute of...
Govt. announces $10,000 universal health care voucher per person in 2025
President Dr. Mohamed Irfaan Ali has unveiled plans to introduce a $10,000 universal health care voucher for every Guyanese citizen starting in 2025. This...
Close to 9,000 persons living with HIV virally suppressed
-decrease in TB cases, better treatment procured for Hep C
Close to 9,000 persons living in Guyana with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) are virally...
Businesses want “outlandish” tax waivers but providing no analysis–Finance Minister
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to tighten its lasso around the economy, Finance Minister, Winston Jordan said it is no surprise that requests would...
