Health Minister meets with GPHC’s Management on Omicron wave
Minister of Health, Dr. Frank Anthony on Sunday held a meeting with senior management staff at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) to discuss...
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...
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...
Second COVID-19 victim from Linden identified as female from Wismar
The second positive case of COVID-19 from Linden, Region 10, has been identified as a 29-year-old female.
Earlier today, Medical Superintendent (MS) of the Linden...
Chronicling the two year presence of deadly COVID-19 pandemic here
March 2022 marks two years since Guyana confirmed its first imported case of COVID-19, a virus that is now responsible for over 1,200 local...
Filaria mass drug administration concludes with higher than anticipated distribution target
The Health Ministry has completed the final filaria mass drug administration (MDA), which began mid-February and was aimed at eradicating the disease from Guyana....
Two-thirds of people in Latin America, Caribbean now vaccinated against COVID-19-PAHO Director
Over two-thirds of people in Latin America and the Caribbean have now received two doses of COVID-19 vaccine while some countries have yet to...
Guyana, Caribbean and Germany Foreign Affairs Ministers discuss measures to contain spread of COVID-19
Foreign Minister of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana, Dr. Karen Cummings, today participated in a videoconference with counterparts from Latin America, the Caribbean and...
COVID-19: 83 hospitalised, 1,866 active cases being monitored; Bartica, New Amsterdam, Herstelling, Diamond, Parfaite...
Health officials are currently monitoring 1,866 active cases, as the country witnesses a spike in infections. Some 83 persons are now hospitalised as the...
Medical Breakthrough… Mobile phones being used to help combat NCDs
The local public health sector is seriously battling the impact of Non Communicable Diseases (NCDs). So intent is the health sector on reducing the...
