PAHO team begins work on assessing mercury levels at GGMC
The Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO) has deployed a team to the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) to conduct several tests on mercury...
About 100 women die from cervical cancer in Guyana annually – Health Ministry
Recent data from the Public Health Ministry revealed that about 100 women die annually in Guyana from cervical cancer, with a large percentage of...
Health sector seeing remarkable transformation with 150% increase in annual budget- Pres. Ali
President Dr. Irfaan Ali has highlighted the remarkable developments in Guyana's healthcare sector, all thanks to his transformative shift in the financial investment architecture....
Food & Drugs Dept. calls on water processing factories to obtain valid licence for...
The Government Analyst-Food and Drugs Department is calling on all water processing factories to conform to all the department’s requirements as it relates to...
COVID-19: Four more die, 375 new cases
Four persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died. This takes the total number of deaths from the pandemic to 1,160.
Details...
COVID-19 Update: 51 new cases recorded; eight in ICU
Guyana has recorded 51 new cases of COVID-19, taking the total number of confirmed cases since March 2020 to 8,313.
Eight persons are currently in...
DDL postpones Annual General Meeting until further notice
Demerara Distillers Limited’s (DDL) Annual General Meeting that was scheduled to be held on April 3, 2020, has been postponed until further notice. 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...
76 hospitalised with COVID-19; active cases down to 1,277
Guyana has 1,277 active cases, Health Minister Dr Frank Anthony disclosed today.
At the beginning of the year, the country had over 4,000 cases.
“If we...
Improved service delivery to help prevent measles outbreaks
Guyana has established a joint multi-disciplinary team to help thwart the likelihood of a measles outbreak among vulnerable communities spread across the country.
The team...
