PANCAP advocates for treatment continuity for people living with HIV/AIDS during COVID-19 pandemic
(PANCAP Coordinating Unit, CARICOM Secretariat): The Pan-Caribbean Partnership against HIV and AIDS (PANCAP), the mechanism that provides a structured and unified approach to the...
$50M budgeted to begin ‘breeder programme’ to produce hatching eggs – Min. Mustapha
As government advances its efforts to establish a productive hatching egg industry to support the nation’s already expanding poultry sector, some $50 million has...
Unvaccinated COVID-19 patients more likely to experience severe complications post-infection – Minister
Unvaccinated persons tend to experience more complications post-COVID-19 than fully vaccinated patients, says Guyana’s Health Minister, Dr Frank Anthony.
The symptoms that persist beyond infection...
Gov’t has no intention of closing borders amid COVID-19 surge, CDC warning
The Government of Guyana has no intention of closing the country's borders amid a COVID-19 surge. Guyana has more than 4,000 active cases and...
CDC receives donation of locally produced sanitizer; Minibus Union also benefits
Georgetown, Guyana – (April 27, 2020) As Guyana and the rest of the world continue to grapple with the Coronavirus disease (COVID 19) and its...
CARICOM SG requests approval for chartered flight from Guyana to transport recount observers
Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community, Ambassador Irwin LaRocque has dispatched a letter to the Chairman on National Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Task Force (NCTF)...
Guyana, Brazil and PAHO launch cross-border vaccination programme
The Governments of Guyana and Brazil, in partnership with the Pan American Health Organisation/World Health Organisation (PAHO/WHO), have launched a cross-border vaccination programme to...
CJIA, Ogle airports sanitized
The Environmental Health, Sanitation & Vector Control Unit of the Health Emergency Operation Centre, during the month of May, did a general sanitization at...
EU providing US$8.6M to help Caribbean fight COVID-19
The European Union (EU) is providing a grant of €8M (US$8.6M) to help the Caribbean fight the coronavirus outbreak.
The funds will be used to...
COVID-19: GCCI call on G/T businesses to implement 7p.m. Curfew
Even as the number of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases continue to increase in Guyana, the Capital city, Georgetown remains open. The Mayor and...
