More than 35% of Guyana’s confirmed COVID-19 cases did not show symptoms
More than 35% of the 156 persons tested positive for COVID-19 were asymptomatic, says the Ministry of Public Health’s Director of Primary Health Care,...
Over 300 new cases of COVID-19 recorded in 24 hours
Guyana is currently witnessing a surge in COVID-19 infections, with the country recording 313 cases within the last 24 hours. According to the Health...
Over 1,000 active COVID-19 cases in G/T, Region Three
Georgetown has 538 active COVID-19 cases, with 77 in Kitty alone, Health Minister, Dr. Frank Anthony said today during his daily update. Meanwhile, there...
Govt. to expand telemedicine to 80 health centres in hinterland regions by year-end
The Ministry of Health has announced plans to extend its telemedicine network to 80 health posts and centres across Regions One (Barima-Waini), Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni),...
79 year-old is latest COVID-19 fatality; death toll now 1055
The Ministry of Health reported today that it recorded another death from the Coronavirus pandemic. The latest fatality is a 79-year-old woman from East...
Caribbean family planning associations’ skills boosted in disaster risk reduction
Caribbean islands are among the most vulnerable to climate change impacts and are threatened by extreme weather patterns with hurricanes, earthquakes, flooding, volcanoes, droughts...
Two more fatalities take COVID-19 death count to 1,058; eight in ICU
Two more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died. This takes the total number of deaths from the pandemic to...
$30M Chest Clinic, Care and Treatment Site commissioned at Suddie
On Monday afternoon, Health Minister, Dr Frank Anthony along with the Local Government and Regional Development Minister, Nigel Dharamlall, commissioned a state-of-the-art health facility...
Five more unvaccinated patients die of COVID-19; death count now 1,014
The Ministry of Health (MOH) has reported that as of December 09, 2021, five more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19)...
The risks associated with alcohol consumption
Alcohol consumption is becoming an increasing risk factor for deaths and morbidities worldwide. Consumption is on the increase in our busy world, especially in...
